Do Not Depricate Cost Estimating #11394
Description
General Summary
Issue overview
The file
https://github.com/NREL/EnergyPlus/blob/develop/release/Deprecation.in.html
talks about deprecation of the cost estimating and life cycle cost objects in future versions of EnergyPlus, but I find this objects extremely useful in my daily work. Keeping cost estimating in EnergyPlus allows for me to use it as a one stop tool for cost optimization, and easier implementation into my research work. This enables a single optimization tool (such as JE+) to be coupled to an EnergyPlus simulation and have it provide me with comprehensive results, including cost data.
Operating System
Any
Version of EnergyPlus
25.2
Detailed Description
The file
https://github.com/NREL/EnergyPlus/blob/develop/release/Deprecation.in.html
talks about deprecation of the cost estimating and life cycle cost objects in future versions of EnergyPlus, but I find this objects extremely useful in my daily work. Keeping cost estimating in EnergyPlus allows for me to use it as a one stop tool for cost optimization, and easier implementation into my research work. This enables a single optimization tool (such as JE+) to be coupled to an EnergyPlus simulation and have it provide me with comprehensive results, including cost data.
Possible Implementation
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