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<p style="margin: 10px 2px; line-height: 21px;">The
availability and quality of weather data for use in
building energy calculations has never been better
than now, with increasing access on the Web to
real-time weather station reports and
satellite-derived solar radiation data covering
entire continents dating back a decade or more. This
talk will describe the rapidly evolving state of
that raw data, the more established sources such as
national bureaus of meteorology, as well as more
unorthodox sources such as climate forecasting or
regional climate computer programs, and the
practical aspects of turning that data into weather
files usable in building energy simulations. Joe
will also touch upon issues such as accounting for
urban microclimate variations, potential climate
change effects, as well some often overlooked
details about how weather data is compiled in
different countries.</p>
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style="margin: 0px;">Date & Time: </strong>6pm
GMT, 1pm EST - December 14, 2016</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 2px; line-height: 21px;">See
more details at <a href="http://cibseashrae.org/"
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text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 114, 102);"><strong
style="margin: 0px;">http://cibseashrae.org</strong></a>.</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 2px; line-height: 21px;">Please
register at no cost in advance. To register for the
free webinar go to:<br style="margin: 0px;">
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href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6420200505910140419"
target="_blank" style="margin: 0px;
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style="margin: 0px;">About the Presenter:</strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 10px 2px; line-height: 21px;">Joe
Huang is the president of White Box Technologies, a
small consultant company that he established in 2007
after having worked as a staff scientist at Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory for over 26 years.
During his time at LBNL, Joe was involved in the
development of the EnergyPlus building energy
simulation program, and the use of simulations to
evaluate new building technologies and develop
building energy standards in many countries around
the world. Since building energy simulations
requires weather data, Joe also became involved in
their development, starting with China in 1985,
followed by Pakistan and Southeast Asia in 1989,
Mexico in 1996, Egypt in 2004, etc.</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 2px; line-height: 21px;">After
retirement from LBNL, Joe has continued to work on
weather data, including developing large data sets
of “typical year” weather for ASHRAE, California
Energy Commission, and ISHRAE (India).</p>
<p style="margin: 10px 2px; line-height: 21px;">In
2012 he launched an online web store<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
href="http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com/"
target="_blank" style="margin: 0px;
text-decoration: none; color: rgb(36, 114, 102);"><strong
style="margin: 0px;">http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com</strong></a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>that now
contains both “typical year” and historical weather
data going back to 2001 for over 8,000 locations
around the world. Joe has also completed several
projects to study the potential impacts of Climate
Change on building energy use in the US and
California, and is past chair of ASHRAE TC 4.2 on
Climatic Information and TC 4.7 on Energy
Calculations.</p>
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White Box Technologies, Inc.
346 Rheem Blvd., Suite 205A
Moraga CA 94556
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.com">yjhuang@whiteboxtechnologies.com</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com">http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com</a> for simulation-ready weather data
(o) (925)388-0265
(c) (510)928-2683
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