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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">As someone with zero financial interests in any of the mentioned weather service companies, and as a consumer who has used these services (and also practiced a fair bit of composing/vetting my own weather
files from raw data): <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">I think it speaks volumes and is worth highlighting that one of the owners of these service companies seems to contribute to/answer 99% of the questions posed about weather data sources and how to manipulate
them, both this in forum and elsewhere.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Thanks Joe, for your pro bono services to our community, as well as the paid ones!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">I’m also comfortable recommending WBT’s services to new and experienced simulators alike.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">I should also insert Weather Analytics (a service I used to frequently recommend) shifted into new management/markets in the last year or so, and I don’t believe they service the “building energy simulation
sector” any more in the way they used to. If anyone has experience to the contrary and has been able to do business with them in recent months I’d be keen to hear about it!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">~Nick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3A7A46">Nick Caton, P.E., BEMP</span></b><span style="color:#3A7A46"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"> Bldg-sim [mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Joe Huang via Bldg-sim<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 09, 2016 2:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bldg-sim] Fwd: Re: Cost of climate file<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There are two IWEC2 weather file for Zurich (CHE_ZUERICH-METEOSCHWEI_066600_IW2 and CHE_ZURICH-KLOTEN_066700_IW2).
<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">IWEC2 (International Weather for Energy Calculations) weather files were developed in a 4-year ASHRAE project utilizing actual weather reports from thousands of stations<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">throughout the world going back 25 years, and covers locations outside of the United States and Canada. The entire set of 3,012 IWEC2 weather files is<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">available on a DVD from ASHRAE (see link <a href="https://www.ashrae.org/resources--publications/bookstore/iwec2">here</a> )<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Individual IWEC2 weather files are available online from White BoxTechnologies, Inc. in various formats (BINM for DOE-2, EPW for EnergyPlus,<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">etc.), as well as country sets or even the entire IWEC2 collection. For a complete list of all IWEC2 stations, see <a href="http://www.whiteboxtechnologies.com/IWEC2_locations.txt">here</a>. For a map view of the IWEC2 stations in Google Maps,<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">see <a href="http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com/map-IWEC2">here</a> <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre>Joe<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre>Joe Huang <o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>White Box Technologies, Inc.<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>346 Rheem Blvd., Suite 205A<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Moraga CA 94556<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><a href="mailto:yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.com">yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><a href="http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com">http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com</a> for simulation-ready weather data<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><a href="http://www.whiteboxtechnologies.com">http://www.whiteboxtechnologies.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>(o) (925)388-0265<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>(c) (510)928-2683<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>"building energy simulations at your fingertips"<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 11/8/2016 4:42 PM, Vikram Sami via Bldg-sim wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am looking for an EPW climate file for Zurich Switzerland. I also find that every now and then we have the need for simulation climate files that aren’t readily available in EPW format
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I know there have been a few discussions on this site about services/software programs that do this for you.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What does it cost? And what is the process for creating one of these files?
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Vikram<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Vikram Sami, AIA, BEMP, LEED AP BD+C</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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