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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There seems to be some confusion on the format of
the IWEC files that were developed by ASHRAE about 5 years ago, and available
through the ASHRAE Bookstore. Those files are in a text format that's 99%
identical to the format used by NREL for their TMY2 weather files. EPW is
the weather file format used by EnergyPlus, akin to the *.BIN binary format used
by DOE-2. What you are doing is taking the EPW version of a WEC weather
file, probably from DOE's EnergyPlus Web site, reconverting it to TMY2, and
then packing it for DOE-2 using the doewth weather processor program (?).
You should be aware that DOE-2 weather files contain weather parameters in
integer IP units, and so loses some precison compared to the original IWEC
weather source file.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Huang</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>LBNL</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>also former chair of ASHRAE TC 4.2 on
Climatic Information</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ajain@setty.com href="mailto:ajain@setty.com">Alpana Jain</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bldg-sim@gard.com
href="mailto:bldg-sim@gard.com">bldg-sim@gard.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 20, 2006 9:48
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [bldg-sim] IWEC Weather data and
DOE2.2</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Yes, I have done this
in the recent past. I converted the .epw file for <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ecuador</st1:place></st1:country-region> into
tmy2 file and then used the weather utility from DOE2 to convert to .bin
format. It worked ok.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If you want I could
provide you with the .bin file for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">quito</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Ecuador</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Alpana<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #152a00; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Setty
& Associates, Ltd<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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w:st="on"><FONT face="Arial Narrow" color=#152a00 size=1><SPAN
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<st1:State w:st="on">VA</st1:State></SPAN></FONT></st1:place><FONT
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #152a00; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'"> –
22030<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #152a00; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">703.691.2115
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color=#152a00 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #152a00; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">703.691.8084
(fax)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #152a00; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">Mail: <A
href="mailto:ajain@setty.com"><FONT color=#152a00><SPAN
style="COLOR: #152a00">ajain@setty.com</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #152a00; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Narrow'">“I
get up, I walk, I fall down; meanwhile I keep
dancing”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">bldg-sim@gard.com</st1:PersonName>
[mailto:<st1:PersonName w:st="on">bldg-sim@gard.com</st1:PersonName>] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Sean Henry<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, January 20, 2006 12:14
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">bldg-sim@gard.com</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [bldg-sim] IWEC Weather data and
DOE2.2</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear Energy
Modelers:</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Has anyone successfully applied
IWEC weather data for DOE 2.2 or eQuest energy
simulations?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am starting a project in
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Ecuador</st1:place></st1:country-region> and I'm
considering obtaining IWEC data for use with the DOE2 weather
utility to convert over to .bin
format.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Any observations or pointers in
doing this would be appreciated.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Best
Regards,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">S.P.
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