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<P>Climate Consultant 5 is even better than DView for studying EPW files. You can switch between SI and IP units. It is designed for client reports and presentations. I could not run it on 64-bit Windows-7 but it runs within the XP-Virtual-PC installed on the same computer. DOE2.1E also runs within XP-Virtual-PC </P>
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<P></P><B>From</B>: Benny Chow <bennychow816@gmail.com>
<P></P><B>Date</B>: Friday, May 13, 2011 5:59 pm
<P></P><B>Subject</B>: RE: [Bldg-sim] EPW Weather Analysis
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<P></P>> I'd highly recommend the "Climate Consultant 5" from UCLA <BR>> Department of <BR>> Architecture and Urban Design. <BR>> <BR>> From my personal point of view, it is the best of the best tools <BR>> you ever <BR>> need for viewing EPW weather data files. It is free and easy-to- <BR>> use. It <BR>> offers a great user experience on exploring EPW data visually. <BR>> <BR>> Cheers, Benny <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Climate Consultant 5 <BR>> <BR>> This Version 5.0 [Build 3, October 19, 2010] adds a number of new <BR>> featuresto those in the prior version of Climate Consultant 4 <BR>> including three <BR>> additional Comfort Models: ASHARE Handbook 2005, ASHRAE Standard <BR>> 55, and <BR>> Adaptive Comfort. It now comes with climate data for all of <BR>> California's 16 <BR>> climate zones, but climate data is also available for over two <BR>> thousandlocations from the <BR>
> <http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/cfm/weather_data.cfm> <BR>> EnergyPlus web site. (See <BR>> <http://www.energy-design-tools.aud.ucla.edu/Read-EPW.html> READ- <BR>> EPW for <BR>> details.) A web-based dynamic graphic tutorial explaining the <BR>> PsychrometricChart and how it applies to human thermal comfort and <BR>> to HVAC systems design <BR>> is also available on this web site. (extract from the official web <BR>> site) <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Official web site for download (for both Windows & Mac) <BR>> <BR>> http://www.energy-design-tools.aud.ucla.edu/ <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Software Description from DOE Building Energy Software Tools <BR>> Directory. <BR>> http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/software.cfm/ID=123/p <BR>> agename=alpha_list <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Benny Chow <BR>
> M +852 9361 0589 E bennychow816@gmail.com W www.chowkaming.org <BR>> * Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> From: bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org <BR>> [mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of <BR>> Varkie C Thomas <BR>> Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 6:22 AM <BR>> To: Dru Crawley <BR>> Cc: bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org <BR>> Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] EPW Weather Analysis <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> It is an excellent program for viewing weather files. So I won't <BR>> spend any <BR>> more time on the EPW template. The templates for the DOE2.bin <BR>> files were <BR>> created more than 10 years ago. Is there viewer for them? Varkie <BR>> <BR>> </BODY>