Enhance outdoor air tabular reporting-superseded by 8529

[JasonGlazer]

Pull request overview

This PR has been superseded by #8529.

Currently, users seeking to use EnergyPlus for LEED work need to document the use of Outdoor Air (OA) in their models. While the current Outdoor Air Summary in EnergyPlus provides some information to help these users, it does not provide enough information. Users often find it difficult to compare the OA delivered for proposed vs. baseline simulations, especially with economizers and zone equipment. This new feature will enhance the Outdoor Air Summary tabular report to include zone HVAC equipment, add tracking and table outputs for minimum requested outdoor air flow, track times when the delivered outdoor air is less than the minimum required and provide outputs in standard air density.

The needs of this enhancement were discussed in issue #5298

The new feature proposal provides further detail.

Resolves #5298.
Resolves #5846 (final piece)

Unfinished business from this PR is documented in #8550

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