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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>DesignBuilder expects the full 8760
hourly records and it won't work without. However, you could use your special 7
records to overwrite the equivalent dates in a full years hourly weather data
file for the same location and it should work OK in DB and E+<BR></FONT><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> <BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Andy Tindale<BR>DesignBuilder</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Linda
Lawrie<BR><B>Sent:</B> 03 December 2008 16:08<BR><B>To:</B> M F A
Ramadan<BR><B>Cc:</B> bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Bldg-sim] Conversion for Hourly data<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=3>The
weather converter from EnergyPlus might be able to be used but 9 hours is
probably not acceptable to run DB or EnergyPlus.<BR><BR>need at least 24
hours. (Which of course, you could make up once you have the basic
file).<BR><BR>The CSV format that the EnergyPlus weather program allows you to
use would allow you to hand edit the data to the desired number of
hours.<BR><BR>Linda Lawrie<BR>EnergyPlus Development Team<BR><BR>At 04:33 AM
12/3/2008, M F A Ramadan wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">I have to convert 9 hours
measured data to epw, i tried to use METEONORM, but in<BR>the Hourly import
step alltime conclude in error message "error in file read"<BR><BR>And is it
accepted by DesignBuilder to have that 9 hours epw file regardless<BR>that
METEONORM can generate such a
file!!</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>