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CVAT Release History

 

v1.3 Released June 2008

v1.2 Released

v1.1 Released September 2006

  • CVAT is now compatible with Excel 2000 and later.
  • New inputs fields for “Company Name” and “Business Unit”, and the business unit carries forward to the project portfolio page.
  • MACC Graph corrected so it updates in Excel 2000 and Excel 2003.
  • Corrected alignment of Labels and Text Boxes on all project type input screens.
  • For a couple of project types, the Production Incentive field would not allow for decimals to be entered.  This was corrected.
  • Corrected the formatting of Electricity Rates on the Project Summary page where they were displaying as “.10” versus “0.10.”  All project types now display this consistently.
  • The help link for the “Project Term” label in the Boiler Efficiency input screen raised an error when clicked.  This was corrected.
  • The Local Inflation Rate percentage in the Occupancy Sensors project type was being multiplied by 100 when being carried forward to the Project Summary Page.  This was corrected.  The unit for the Exchange Rate was missing.  This was added.
  • The Lamp and Ballast costs for the Lighting Upgrade project type were being rounded to whole numbers when carried forward to the Project Summary page and cost units were not displaying.  This was corrected to display as decimals when appropriate and to display the correct monetary unit.
  • On the Combined Heat and Power Project Summary page the “Displaced Thermal Fuel Type” label was too long and did not fully display.  The label was changed to read “Displaced Thermal Fuel.”
  • In the Project Summary page for the Demand Side Management project the Electricity Consumption was not displaying units.  Units are now displaying as “kWh/year.”
  • The “Auto Save Off” link on the Intro page raised an error in Excel 2000.  This was corrected.
  • The MACC Graph was changed to look like a staircase. 
  • Column “N” on the Project Portfolio page was removed.
  • Corrected the formatting of the values that were carrying forward to the Project Summary page as percentages rather than absolute values. 
  • Corrected the Project Summary page where the metrics and assumptions calculations were being realigned to a left justification.

 

v1.0 Release June 2006

  • CVAT is compatible with Excel 2003 and later.

 

We welcome your feedback, questions and suggestions:

Clay Rigdon, tel: (202) 729-7636, crigdon@wri.org

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