[Equest-users] Actual Weather Data

[Thomas Serra]

I have had success purchasing weather data from Weatherbank.  After hours of
trying to figure out how to use the "free" data  I was confronted with
client requirements that the filled data be supported with proper PHD skill.
So to satisfy this requirement I purchased the file.  I would suggest
getting several years and several stations as the price scales down with
quantity.

 

You can then use a combination of the Energyplus weather tool and equest
doe2 weather tools to build TMY2 files.   Find a epw file for your climate
and use the energy plus weather tool to convert to CSV.  Convert units and
paste into the CSV.  Use the EP weather tool to convert back to EPW.  Then
convert the EPW with the EQ weather tool to TMY2.

 

Thomas Serra

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EMO Energy Solutions, LLC

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Falls Church, VA 22042

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fax 703-205-0449

 

From: Keith Curtis [mailto:kcurtis at emcengineers.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 3:47 PM
To: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Equest-users] Actual Weather Data

 

Hello Gang,

 

I'm trying to develop an Equest model with actual weather data for 2008 for
Atlanta, Georgia.  

 

I can get the TMY (or TM2, TM3) data  and convert it to a CSV file and copy
(or convert) all the weather data and then convert back to a *.bin file.

 

BUT, I CAN'T find hourly Solar Global Horizontal or Solar Direct Normal
Irradiance data for Atlanta.

 

Anybody ever do this or know where to find the solar data?  Thanks in
advance.

 

Keith Curtis

Senior Mechanical Engineer

kcurtis at emcengineers.com

 

 

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