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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Funny you should suggest a “sticky” concerning weather for the onebuilding lists…
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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 think Dru C./Linda L./Jason/others(?) secretly posted something along these lines at the onebuilding.org domain… but if they announced it I must have missed it! I stumbled into this effort only recently
via google and tagged it to check out later: <a href="http://climate.onebuilding.org">
http://climate.onebuilding.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Anybody responsible want to chime in and informally introduce, since we’re on-topic =)?<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">Regarding something equivalent to “stickies” for a mailing list format forum… This has come up before, but implementation/execution is the real question – a system that would self-drive/build for curating
& posting mailing list content (on a voluntary basis at least) hasn’t really come along yet… Does anyone remember the onebuilding wiki effort/concept? A tricky piece to the puzzle is that unlike BBS or stackexchange formats, where you can post-edit a “completed”
contribution/answer in a static format, some of the best content spawned from a mailing list is in the format of a call & response discussion, usually involving 2+ people in a group and not necessarily in consecutive order, and those discussion threads often
fork in multiple useful/informative directions… as may be happening right there with my climate.onebuilding.org derailment for your query, which was in turn launched from a separate but related question concerning a specific problem/scenario! It can be hard
to compile a whole topic/thread without drafting a whole new document.<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">Sorry for the run-on sentences and for contributing to the forkage … but I do appreciate each of the multiple discussions so far!<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>Nathan Kegel via Bldg-sim<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 14, 2016 2:47 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bldg-sim] Fwd: Re: Cost of climate file<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">It seems like this topic comes up on here nearly every week.</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">There are many sources of weather/climate data. Some free, some not. Some are very questionable in their accuracy, others are not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">As a very wise man once said, “Just because you can get something for free on the internet doesn’t mean it’s worth it”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Can we create a mailing list rule that any time this topic comes up the server just automatically replies with a series of links about where you can get weather data? I’d be happy to work with everyone
on this list to compile the links and put together the requisite disclaimers about knowing where the data comes from and ensuring you’ve analysed it to ensure its validity prior to using it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">In other words, haven’t we reached the point where weather/climate data ought to be a “sticky” at the top of the mailing list?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">As far as sources go, IES have compiled (an incomplete) listing of both free and for-purchase sources of weather data. For those interested, here it is:
</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.iesve.com/support/weatherfiles">http://www.iesve.com/support/weatherfiles</a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">Nathan<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 [<a href="mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrew Corney via Bldg-sim<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, November 12, 2016 12:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Nicholas Caton <<a href="mailto:Nicholas.Caton@schneider-electric.com">Nicholas.Caton@schneider-electric.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bldg-sim] Fwd: Re: Cost of climate file<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Hi Nick,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Weather analytics do still provide weather files for the industry and Sefaira uses their epw files for our EnergyPlus analysis where other information is not available. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">That said I echo your sentiments that Joe is great at responding to questions on this forum and it's greatly appreciated by the industry. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Andrew<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Andrew Corney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Sefaira - Sustainability. Performance. Design.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Skype: andrew.corney.sefaira<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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On Nov 11, 2016, at 9:10 PM, Nicholas Caton via Bldg-sim <<a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" 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): </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" 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.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext">Thanks Joe, for your pro bono services to our community, as well as the paid ones!</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" 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 lang="EN-GB" 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!</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:windowtext"> Bldg-sim [<a href="mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>]
<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> <a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bldg-sim] Fwd: Re: Cost of climate file</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">There are two IWEC2 weather file for Zurich (CHE_ZUERICH-METEOSCHWEI_066600_IW2 and CHE_ZURICH-KLOTEN_066700_IW2).
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<pre><span lang="EN-GB" 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</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB" 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</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB" 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> )</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span lang="EN-GB" 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,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB" 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,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB" 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> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span lang="EN-GB">Joe<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span lang="EN-GB">Joe Huang <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB">White Box Technologies, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB">346 Rheem Blvd., Suite 205A<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB">Moraga CA 94556<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com">http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com</a> for simulation-ready weather data<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.whiteboxtechnologies.com">http://www.whiteboxtechnologies.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB">(o) (925)388-0265<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB">(c) (510)928-2683<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB">"building energy simulations at your fingertips"<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">On 11/8/2016 4:42 PM, Vikram Sami via Bldg-sim wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I know there have been a few discussions on this site about services/software programs that do this for you.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">What does it cost? And what is the process for creating one of these files?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks in advance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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