[Equest-users] White Box Technologies has recently updated through Oct . 8 all 2017 weather files for 8, 300 locations

[Joe Huang]

White Box Technologies has recently updated  2017 weather files through 
October 8 for 8,298 locations around the world (2107 US, 289 Canadian, 
5902 international).   As a boon to EnergyPlus users, a fix has been 
added to all historical EPWs to set correctly the starting Day of Week 
for Jan. 1 instead of the hard-wired default of Sunday  (luckily,  this 
is not a problem with the 2017 files since Jan 1 2017 is actually a 
Sunday!).

The WBT web site also allows users to create composite year weather 
files, i.e., those whose data begin on  Jan. 1 of one year through a 
user-specified date, followed by data from that date forward of a 
different year (typically the previous year).   Such composite year 
weather files are useful for eQUEST users since DOE-2 assumes that the 
weather file begins on Jan 1  and ends of Dec. 31.  However, if these 
files are used to calibrate against commercial building utility bills, 
adjustments must be made to the day of week schedules at the switchover 
date  (I'll post some instructions and samples on my Web site, as well 
as include them with all future composite year weather files).

Added to the weather files previously generated going back to 2001, the 
WBT Weather web site now contain 16-year time series of hourly weather 
for 6,500 locations, and shorter time series for another 3,500 
locations. WBT can also create "typical year" weather files for any of 
these locations, although one should check first whether there's already 
a TMY3 for a US  location, or a IWEC2 file for an international location.



For a complete list of all 2017 files, please see here 
<http://www.whiteboxtechnologies.com/ISH2017_USACan_locations.txt> for 
USA/Canada stations or here 
<http://www.whiteboxtechnologies.com/ISH2017_Intern_locations.txt> for 
International stations.

To search for a weather file on the WBT Weather web site, please go to 
the web site here <http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com> and use 
either the "Search by List" or the "Search by Google Maps" option.

Joe

Joe Huang
White Box Technologies, Inc.
346 Rheem Blvd., Suite 205A
Moraga CA 94556
yjhuang at whiteboxtechnologies.com
http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com for simulation-ready weather data
(o) (925)388-0265
(c) (510)928-2683
"building energy simulations at your fingertips"

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