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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">One more resource that you might add to your list is the GWDS (Global Weather Data Sources)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> that is the result of ASHRAE's research project 1170-RP</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">, completed in June 2001</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">. It</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">s on the web and has</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">a</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">neat little</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> GUI</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">that was developed by NCDC for ASHRAE. It is only available to ASHRAE members by</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">logging onto the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> ASHRAE home page (http</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">//</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">:www.ashrae.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">org), then</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">clicking a shortcut</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Technical Committees, then</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">selecting</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> T.C.-4.2</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> (Weather Information)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">, then the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">ASHRAE weather data products, and finally 1170-RP. This will link you to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">NCDC</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">GWDS</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">site</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">, which cannot be accessed except through ASHRAE.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">This web site tells you what</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">sort</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">weather data</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">are available at</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">about</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">one-</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">hundred international sites,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">along</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">with the full address and contact info on how to obtain</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">the data.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> The web site does not contain actual weather data.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">I thought there might be enough ASHRAE members on the BLDG-SIM list that could benefit from this.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> Even non-members of ASHRAE could find the 1170-RP final report to be useful.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The report</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> lists at least 72 contacts</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">names and addresses</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">, 92 international weather data web sites</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">, and 15 more web sites just on solar radiation.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> NCDC</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">maintains the site and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">intends to keep the site dynamic by updating the data as such become available.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">LOD</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Larry O. Degelman, P.E. larry@taz.tamu.edu </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Prof. Emeritus of Architecture Ph./Fax: 1-979-696-2506</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Texas A&M University</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">2206 Quail Run </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">College Station, TX 77845</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Ener-Win site: <A HREF="http://taz.tamu.edu/~energy/enerwin.html">http://taz.tamu.edu/~energy/enerwin.html</A> </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: postman@gard.com [<A HREF="mailto:postman@gard.com">mailto:postman@gard.com</A>] On Behalf Of Jason Glazer<BR>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 9:46 AM<BR>
To: Bldg-sim@gard.com<BR>
Subject: [Bldg-sim] New Building Simulation Weather Data Resource Page</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The BLDG-SIM mailing list has always been a good forum for </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">questions about how to find weather data for use with </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">building energy simulation programs. I pulled together </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">some of sources that I know about and found URLs. Please </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">see:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> <A HREF="http://www.gard.com/weather/">http://www.gard.com/weather/</A></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">It is not a very exhaustive list, I know it could be much </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">more comprehensive. I'm hoping for your help to add to it. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">If you have additional resources, please e-mail them to me </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">with a short description and an URL and I'll add them to </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">the page. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">In the past we have gotten questions about Russia, Italy, </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">England, Poland, Germany, Israel, Portugal, Morocco, China, </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Argentina, Spain, Lebanon, Netherlands, Canada, United </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">States and probably a few that I missed. If you asked and </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">got an answer about these locations or are the one that </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">answered a message about them, please forward the e-mail </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">with the source to me.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Thanks</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Jason=======================================================</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">==</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Jason Glazer, P.E. <A HREF="mailto:jglazer@gard.com">mailto:jglazer@gard.com</A> 847 698 5686</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">GARD Analytics - <A HREF="http://www.gard.com/">http://www.gard.com/</A></FONT></SPAN></P>
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