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color:#1F497D'>It depends on the weather data file. If you are using TMY or
TMY2 files (most typical for North America using eQUEST), see this site for an
explanation:<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/tmy2">http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/tmy2</a><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Mark Nieman, PE, CEM | McKinstry | Sr. Energy Engineer</span><span
style='color:#1F497D'> <br>
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>d 206.832.8152 | m 206.510.4760 | f 206.832.8552</span><span
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</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";
color:#474747'>FOR THE</span><b><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";
color:#365F91'>LIFE</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book","sans-serif";
color:#474747'> OF YOUR BUILDING</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael.C.Allison@jci.com<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 11, 2010 6:15 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] Weather data<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>How long of a
period does the weather data encompass to get it 12 month data. If long then 12
months what is the method use to determine the data.</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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  <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Michael
  Allison, CEM, CEA, LEED AP</span></b> <br>
  <span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Energy
  Solutions Development Engineer</span> <br>
  <span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Building
  Efficiency</span> <br>
    <br>
  <b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002F80'>Johnson
  Controls </span></b><br>
  <span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Southeast
  Energy Solutions Group</span> <br>
  <span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tallahassee,
  Florida  32308</span> <br>
  <span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cell :
  850-210-2952</span> <br>
  <span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Email : </span><a
  href="mailto:michael.c.allison@jci.com"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
  font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>michael.c.allison@jci.com</span></a><span
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  </span><br>
  <span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>URL : </span><a
  href="http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
  font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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