****************************************************************** * This file is part of the Merit system. * * Copyright 2001-2019 Energy Systems Research Unit, University * * of Strathclyde, All Rights Reserved. * * * * Merit is free software. You can redistribute it and/or * * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public * * License as published by the Free Software Foundation * * (version 2 or later). * * * * Merit is distributed in the hope that it will be useful * * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied * * warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR * * PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more * * details. * ****************************************************************** Installation 1. Run 'Merit_V3.xx_Setup.exe'. 2. Confirm the folders created by the installation which should correspond to the following sturcture. c:\ESRU\Merit\bin \data \climate_profiles \demand_profiles \profile_desginer \database \docs \AboutMerit \publications \Tutorial v2 3. Confirm the sample database file named 'sample_uk.db' available in the 'database' folder. You can view the data in the database using the sqlite browser (http://sqlitebrowser.org/). 4. The following data is available and can be imported into the database in SQLite (see the Merit tutorial for instruction): - Climate data for various regions can be imported to the 'data\climate_profiles' folder via the 'Open climate format' facility;. - Demand profiles for specific organisations can be imported to the 'data\demand_profiles' folder via the 'import profiles' facility; - Demand profile templates in the 'profile designer' folder are used to generate annual demand profiles against user specifications. 5. Tutorial There is a basic tutorial for beginners. You can find 'Basic_exercise.htm' in 'docs\Tutorial v2'. 6. Contact Enquiries relating to Merit should be sent to esru@strath.ac.uk.