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How to contribute to the Building Component Library?

Context

I've created a pretty simple "Apply Now" measure, that adds a PSZ-HP (System 4) to each thermal zone of an openstudio model, and where you can define the default COP for heating and the default COP for cooling, and have a boolean to define whether you want a supplementary electric heating coil or not.

I'm thinking this measure could be useful to someone else, considering that if you have many zones it's painful to do it one by one. Therefore I'm thinking it might be useful to upload it to the Building Component Library (BCL).

Problem

First, I'd like some confirmation that the BCL is indeed meant to welcome code contribution from lambda users such as myself.

Second, assuming it is, as I understand it, in order to submit content to the Building Component Library, a user must be part of a Group.

I'm fairly confused about whether I should:

  • Join an existing group: joining an existing group will allow a review of the code by the administrator at least (which I view as a good thing). There are several groups already, and it appears possible to request membership to any of them, whether they might welcome it or not. I'm confused about which one to join and whether there is a default group or not.

  • Create a new group. But a group of one user isn't really a group, is it?

Can someone clarify these two related questions?