Increase minimum allowed HPWH EF/UEF, take 2

[shorowit]

Pull Request Description

Follow-up to #2239. Now sets the minimum to 1.45, since some of the ENERGY STAR/DOE Efficient New Home reference homes end up with HPWHs with efficiencies as low as 1.49.

Checklist

Not all may apply:

• Schematron validator (EPvalidator.sch) has been updated
• Sample files have been added/updated (openstudio tasks.rb update_hpxmls)
• Tests have been added/updated (e.g., HPXMLtoOpenStudio/tests/test*.rb and/or workflow/tests/test*.rb)
• Documentation has been updated
• Changelog has been updated
• openstudio tasks.rb update_measures has been run
• No unexpected changes to simulation results of sample files

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Pull request overview

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Updates validation and documentation to lower the minimum allowed HPWH EF/UEF to accommodate ENERGY STAR/DOE Efficient New Home reference home cases.

Changes:

• Lowered the minimum allowed HPWH EnergyFactor/UniformEnergyFactor from 2.0 to 1.45 in the Schematron validator.
• Updated validation error message expectations and the failing test input value accordingly.
• Updated workflow input documentation and the changelog to reflect the new minimum.

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
docs/source/workflow_inputs.rst	Updates documented min EF/UEF constraint for HPWH inputs.
HPXMLtoOpenStudio/tests/test_validation.rb	Updates expected Schematron error message and test case value for new min EF/UEF.
HPXMLtoOpenStudio/resources/hpxml_schematron/EPvalidator.sch	Lowers the Schematron min EF/UEF requirement for HPWHs to 1.45 and documents rationale.
HPXMLtoOpenStudio/measure.xml	Updates measure version metadata/checksums to reflect modified resources/tests.
Changelog.md	Updates breaking-change note to the new minimum EF/UEF requirement.

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