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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear all,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Is there any way to view the contents of
the weather file?</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I would like to check the underground soil
temperature. This is because more than half of my vertical walls are buried
into the ground (I’ve modelled them as below grade walls).</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>However, I’m getting a lot of heat
transfer into the building from the underground walls, meaning that the soil is
at temperatures much higher than 25 C. (Please check attached document!!)</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>As far as I know, the underground should
be at a more or less constant temperature of around 20C throughout the
year…</span></font></p>
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Sustainable Design Engineer</span></font></p>
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