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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'>Dear James, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>NO – excel and other spreadsheet programs
put allsorts of invisible code in place and do not carry the 0 (Zeros) as
required. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I drop the excel file into a MYSQL data
base & my IT person wrote a script to covert the data into the appropriate
format for TMY. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Mark Dewsbury<br>
<br>
Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood<br>
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</u1:place><u1:place u2:st="on"><u1:PlaceType u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on"></st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType>
of <u1:PlaceName u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tasmania</u1:PlaceName></st1:place></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><br>
Locked Bag 1324<br>
Launceston 7250<br>
ph: 03 6324 4089<br>
mob: 0417 290 807<br>
fax: 03 6324 4088<br>
</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>e: <a
href="mailto:mark.dewsbury@utas.edu.au"
title="blocked::mailto:mark.dewsbury@utas.edu.au">mark.dewsbury@utas.edu.au</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
James Hansen [mailto:JHANSEN@ghtltd.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, 11 December 2010
9:59 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Bldg-sim] custom weather
file</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
11.0pt'>I feel like I’ve seen this question asked before, but couldn’t
find it in the archives.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Does anyone know if there is a tool that can extract a TMY file (or EPW
file) to excel, then allow adjustments to the excel spreadsheet, and can then
recompile back to TMY or EPW or BIN?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
11.0pt'>I basically need to make a custom weather file based on a weather
station.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Thanks, and sorry if this question has already been asked!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-US style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>James Hansen</span></font></b></st1:PersonName><b><font
color=black><span lang=EN-US style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>, PE, LEED AP<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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