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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><!-- Converted from text/rtf format -->Mike,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>My response does not suggest a software
package, but I will suggest that the most meaningful climatic classifications
would be to follow the climate zones in ASHRAE Standard 90.1. There are 8
zones, but when the sub-classes of “moist (A)”, “dry (B)”,
and “maritime (C)” zones are included, there are 17 zones, and they
represent the entire world – no just the </span></font><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>U.S.</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> This would not
seem to be an impractical number to deal with and it also matches the IECC
climate zones. Possibly you could pick a city that is approximately
centrally located in each zone. It turns out that zone 1B (very hot-dry) does
not exist in the </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>U.S.</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>, but you could use </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Riyadh</span></font><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'> or some other hot-arid city in a foreign country. I believe
all the other zones are represented by </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>U.S.</span></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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P.E. <a
href="mailto:ldegelman@cox.net">ldegelman@cox.net</a> </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> BLDG-SIM@GARD.COM
[mailto:BLDG-SIM@GARD.COM] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Dillon,
Mike<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, March 20, 2006 11:16
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> BLDG-SIM@GARD.COM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [BLDG-SIM] Weather
Normalization?</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I'm trying to find a way to normalize a collection of
energy consumptions of similar buildings in different climates to help compare
energy performances. Has anyone done this before? And if so, can this be
accomplished in excel, or some other software application? Thank you in advance
for any help.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Mike</span></font> </p>
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