[Bldg-sim] Extreme Weather Data

[RobertWichert]

Thanks Paul,

I got on the site, but all it gives me are the TMY weather files in zip 
format.  That's great, and I have used those before, but the N=20 and 
N=50 data do not jump out at me.  I opened the EPW file with Energy 
Consultant, but N=20 & N=50 don't seem to be part of the package.  I 
opened the .ddy and .stat files with Notepad, and I still don't see the 
N=20 and N=50 data easily available.

So I'm doing something wrong.

Any help would be great.

I did buy the WDView product from ASHRAE, Chip.  It's on the way!



-- 
Robert P. Wichert P.Eng.  LEED AP
CEPE  CEA  HERS I/II BPI BA
+1 916 966 9060
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On 5/29/2015 8:34 AM, Paul Riemer wrote:
> The extreme values (n=5,10,20,50) are also present in the Energy Plus Weather (EPW) files at http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/weatherdata_about.cfm).  If you don't use EPW files regularly you might need to read the file definition
> (http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/pdfs/weatherdatainformation.pdf )
>
> Paul Riemer, PE, LEED AP BD+C
> DUNHAM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bldg-sim [mailto:bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Chip Barnaby
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 10:23 AM
> To: RobertWichert; bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
> Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] Extreme Weather Data
>
> The weather data PDFs on the Fundamentals CD (packaged with the print
> volume) includes 20 and 50 year return period extreme dry bulb temps.
> On the CD, look in the folder DATA_TABLES_FOR_STATIONS folder.  There is also a map-based station finder.
>
> A wealth of additional info can be derived with the WDView 5.0 product sold by the ASHRAE Bookstore.  Everyone should have a copy of that.
>
> Chip Barnaby
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "RobertWichert" <robert at wichert.org>
> To: "bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org" <bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org>
> Sent: 5/29/2015 10:59:44 AM
> Subject: [Bldg-sim] Extreme Weather Data
>
>> Good morning to all...
>>
>> I have gone through what feels like every page of the ASHRAE Handbook
>> of Fundamentals in search of "N=20" and N=50" extreme high temperature
>> data.  I was told it was in the Handbook, but I cannot find it and I
>> have spent the better part of two hours looking for it.  Numerous web
>> searches have not yielded any results either.  If anyone is willing to
>> help with this, I would very much appreciate it.  The job is for a data
>> center, and they need the N=20 (described as a twenty year high
>> temperature) and the N=50 (described as a fifty year high temperature)
>> for design.
>>
>> Any ideas?  Anybody?
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>> -- Robert P. Wichert P.Eng.  LEED AP
>> CEPE  CEA  HERS I/II BPI BA
>> +1 916 966 9060
>> FAX +1 916 966 9068
>>
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