[Bldg-sim] Test your knowledge of simulation weather file formats Part 2: the EnergyPlus *.epw format

[Joe Huang]

Since the only response I've received so far was from a professor to indicate he's busy 
with finals week, I've decided to delay posting the answer until Monday.

Joe

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On 12/12/2017 10:26 PM, Joe Huang wrote:
> This is the second of several posts regarding the nitty-gritty of commonly-used weather 
> file formats.  Like the post last week about the DOE-2 *.bin format, I've structured 
> this post as a small contest testing  your familiarity with weather file formats or at 
> least visual acumen about weather data.
>
> The second weather file format I'm putting under the microscope is the EnergyPlus *.epw 
> format.  Since the *.epw format is a text file, the data are readily observable, so 
> there's no lead to provide a report of the data or explain the packing procedure as was 
> done for the *.bin file last week.
>
> I've attached with this post an epw file for Leignica Poland downloaded from the 
> Climate.OneBuilding.Org web site.  The selection of that weather file was almost 
> entirely random, but its provenance being converted to an epw from a non-US weather file 
> meets my only criteria for selection that I'll explain after the contest.   As in last 
> week's contest, the intent is not to pick on isolated quirks in the data, but look for 
> more systemic issues that are common to a data format or conversion process. As before, 
> I challenge you to find three things  in this hourly file that are unusual or 
> questionable. Hint: check the almanac for the time of sunrise and sunset.
>
> You should send your answers to me via e-mail. Please don't post them on the Web as that 
> might give away the answer to others.  The first five persons to get the right answers 
> will get a free weather file of whatever type (typical year or historical year) that 
> available on the White Box Technologies web site.
>
> I will announce the results on Thursday.
>
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