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<p>Yi,</p>
<p>I don't think Nathan was referring to climate.onebuilding.org
when he questioned the value of free weather data on the Web.
However, I think you're expressing a reverse bias (maybe I'm
wrong) that the free stuff is more curated or quality controlled
than the "commercial" stuff. The quality of anything on the Web,
including weather data, should be judged on their own merits, not
their source or origin. <br>
</p>
<p>I don't think of the "free" weather as free, but rather
subsidized, mostly by the government. NREL did a fine job with
the TMY2, TMY3, etc., but they had a rather large DOE contract to
produce them. But after the project was done and problems were
found, NREL admitted to them in 2009, but the fix was not made
until six years later by an outside volunteer (me). I'm saying
this not as criticism of NREL but to show that it's an imperfect
world all around. <br>
</p>
<p>Joe<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="90">Joe Huang
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/15/2016 3:54 AM, Dr Yi Zhang via
Bldg-sim wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Considering how
much of the web nowadays is built upon "free stuff", it is
very difficult to justify questioning the value of things
you can get for free on the internet just because someone
said "a very wise man once said so". Taking
climate.onebuilding.org as an example, the arduous work Dru
and Linda have put into collecting, processing and quality
checking everything is truly amazing! If you have seen the
folders still waiting to be processed in Dru's laptop, you
will know what I am talking about.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Yi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB">Dr
Yi Zhang, PhD CEng MCIBSE MASHRAE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB">Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB">Energy
Simulation Solutions Ltd. (UK)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB">T:
+44 (0)7809 572863<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB">E:
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:yi.zhang@ensims.com"><span
style="color:blue">yi.zhang@ensims.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB">W:
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style="color:blue">www.ensims.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
Bldg-sim [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nathan Kegel via Bldg-sim<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 14 November 2016 20:47<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" 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"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB">It
seems like this topic comes up on here nearly every week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB">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 style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB">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 style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB">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 style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB">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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB">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
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.iesve.com/support/weatherfiles">http://www.iesve.com/support/weatherfiles</a></span><span
style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB">Kind
regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D" lang="EN-GB">Nathan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Kegel</span></b><span
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</span><b><span
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President IES Midwest</span></b><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span
style="color:windowtext"> Bldg-sim [<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Nicholas.Caton@schneider-electric.com">Nicholas.Caton@schneider-electric.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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">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"><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
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">--<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">Product Director<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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moz-do-not-send="true"
href="tel:+44%20%280%297887%20059%20722">+44 (0)7887
059 722</a><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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"
lang="EN-GB">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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"
lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"
lang="EN-GB">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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"
lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"
lang="EN-GB">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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"
lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"
lang="EN-GB">I’m also comfortable recommending WBT’s
services to new and experienced simulators alike. </span><span
lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"
lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"
lang="EN-GB">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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"
lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"
lang="EN-GB">~Nick</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"
lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-GB">Nick Caton, P.E., BEMP</span></b><span
lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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<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"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-GB">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 style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-GB">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 style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-GB">available on a DVD from ASHRAE (see link <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.ashrae.org/resources--publications/bookstore/iwec2">here</a> )</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-GB">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 style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-GB">etc.), as well as country sets or even the entire IWEC2 collection. For a complete list of all IWEC2 stations, see <a moz-do-not-send="true" 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 style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="EN-GB">see <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com/map-IWEC2">here</a> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB">Joe<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks in
advance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Vikram<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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