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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There is a <A
href="http://www.DOE2.com">www.DOE2.com</A> website page named</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Weather Data & Weather Data Processing Utility
Programs"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <A
href="http://doe2.com/index_Wth.html">http://doe2.com/index_Wth.html</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>
<DIV>Programs are available to convert commonly available formats,</DIV>
<DIV>(including TMY2 and EPW) for use with versions of DOE-2 (and</DIV>
<DIV>thus eQUEST)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>As usual, it is all freeware.<BR>---<BR>Jeff Hirsch<BR>James J. Hirsch
& Associates<BR>Building Performance Analysis Software &
Consulting<BR>12185 Presilla Road<BR>Camarillo, CA 93012-9243
USA<BR>phone: (805) 553-9000<BR>fax: (805) 532-2401<BR>email: <A
href="mailto:Jeff.Hirsch@DOE2.com">Jeff.Hirsch@DOE2.com</A><BR>web: <A
href="http://DOE2.com">http://DOE2.com</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=thong@archenergy.com href="mailto:thong@archenergy.com">Tianzhen
Hong</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> Saturday, January 21, 2006 8:48
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [bldg-sim] IWEC Weather data and
DOE2.2</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687464616-21012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
noticed that the latest release of EnergyPlus weather tool cannot convert epw
file to TMY2 any more. Not sure why the feature is
removed!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687464616-21012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=687464616-21012006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Tianzhen</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:bldg-sim@gard.com">bldg-sim@gard.com</A>
[mailto:bldg-sim@gard.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Joe Huang<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Friday, January 20, 2006 5:00 PM<BR><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:bldg-sim@gard.com">bldg-sim@gard.com</A><BR><B>Subject:</B>
[bldg-sim] IWEC Weather data and DOE2.2<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<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>
<DIV>----- Original Message ----- </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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<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>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<DIV>
<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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