SWSV015-01 Weather Sealing, Residential - new measure

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Pull Request (PR) Description

• Created new measure folder "residential measures/SWSV015-01 Weather Sealing" within residential measures
• Used infiltration_ACH parameter to vary infiltration to two distinct levels above default (15% and 30%) for 3 different vintages (pre78, 78-92, and 93)
• Applied measure to 4 residential building types (DMo, MFm, SFm_1975, and SFm_1985)
• 4 HVAC types were considered per residential building type (DXGF, DXHP, NCEH, and NCGF)
• For SFm building types and vintages both 1 and 2 story cases were considered

Note that SFm post-processing was applied in Excel to consolidate 1-story and 2-story variants into weighted average.

Internal QC documented at simularis#9.

Main contributor: @Alyza-K
QC: @simularis

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See attached for annual consumption, measure definitions, and UES:
SWSV015-01 Energy Savings Calculations 2025-01-23.xlsx