Fatal Errors using EnergyPlus v9.2.0

[CBreton026]

As part of my PhD project, I'm looking to develop Canadian archetypes for BuildME.

I recently installed BuildME following the setup.md file and EnergyPlus-9-2-0 (on Windows). I tried running EnergyPlus on the SFH and MFH archetypes, but:

• For SFH, I get a Fatal Error and a Slab Error (Warning). This may be linked to #44?
• For MFH, I get a Fatal Error from invalid construction names

Am I doing something incorrectly? Would upgrading to EnergyPlus 9.6.0 break the current archetypes?

`Program Version,EnergyPlus, Version 9.2.0-921312fa1d, YMD=2022.02.25 12:37,
   ** Severe  ** <root>[ZoneInfiltration:EffectiveLeakageArea][Living_ShermanGrimsrud_unit1][effective_air_leakage_area] - Value type "string" for input "en-std-replaceme" not permitted by 'type' constraint.
   **  Fatal  ** Errors occurred on processing input file. Preceding condition(s) cause termination.
   ...Summary of Errors that led to program termination:
   ..... Reference severe error count=1
   ..... Last severe error=<root>[ZoneInfiltration:EffectiveLeakageArea][Living_ShermanGrimsrud_unit1][effective_air_leakage_area] - Value type "string" for input "en-std-replaceme" not permitted by 'type' constraint.
   ************* Warning:  Node connection errors not checked - most system input has not been read (see previous warning).
   ************* Fatal error -- final processing.  Program exited before simulations began.  See previous error messages.
   ************* EnergyPlus Warmup Error Summary. During Warmup: 0 Warning; 0 Severe Errors.
   ************* EnergyPlus Sizing Error Summary. During Sizing: 0 Warning; 0 Severe Errors.
   ************* EnergyPlus Terminated--Fatal Error Detected. 0 Warning; 1 Severe Errors; Elapsed Time=00hr 00min  0.33sec

Program Version,GroundTempCalc - Slab, Version .75
   ** Warning **  Slab thickness [0.100 m] reset to 0.122 m  for computational stability.
   ************* GroundTempCalc:Slab Completed Successfully-- 1 Warning; 0 Severe Errors; Elapsed Time=00hr 00min 16sec
  Processing Data Dictionary (SlabGHT.idd) File -- Complete
  Maximum number of Alpha Args=           3
  Maximum number of Numeric Args=          40
  Number of Object Definitions=          13
  Number of Section Definitions=           0
  Processing Input Data File (GHTIn.idf) -- Start
      1 
      2 Materials,
      3   2,
      4   0.16,
      5   0.4,
      6   0.9,
      7   0.9,
      8   0.75,
      9   0.05,
     10   6,
     11   9;
     12 
     13 MatlProps,
     14   2300,
     15   1200,
     16   650,
     17   1200,
     18   0.9,
     19   1;
     20 
     21 BoundConds,
     22   FALSE,
     23   TRUE,
     24   10,
     25   FALSE,
     26   ;
     27 
     28 BldgProps,
     29   10,
     30   0,
     31   4,
     32   22.22,
     33   22.22,
     34   22.22,
     35   22.22,
     36   22.22,
     37   23.88,
     38   23.88,
     39   23.88,
     40   23.88,
     41   22.22,
     42   22.22,
     43   22.22,
     44   0,
     45   0.1;
     46 
     47 Insulation,
     48   0,
     49   0,
     50   1.76099742894375,
     51   1.5,
     52   1;
     53 
     54 EquivalentSlab,
     55   2.8436453177271,
     56   0.1,
     57   15,
     58   15;
  Processing Input Data File (GHTIn.idf) -- Complete
  Number of IDF "Lines"=           6


[nheeren]

Dear Charles. I quickly checked SFH and had no issues on my computer.

IDF files would need to be upgraded to 9.6. Energyplus comes with a tool for that. Something I did before, but then did not push, because #44 😞

• [ ] I will look into MFH next.

[CBreton026]

Dear Niko, thank you for your reply. In this case I'll keep working with E+ v9.2 for now! I'll let you know if I find out what was causing the issue.

[nheeren]

Dear Charles. Is this still up to date. MFHs seem to run fine on my end.

[CBreton026]

Oops! I should have closed this issue a while ago - sorry! I'll close it now.