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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Joe,<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'>South American weather files can be found here in EPW format: </span><a href="http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/cfm/weather_data2.cfm/region=3_south_america_wmo_region_3">http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/cfm/weather_data2.cfm/region=3_south_america_wmo_region_3</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>You can convert EPW files to DOE2/eQUEST bin weather files using this:</span> <a href="http://doe2.com/index_Wth.html#eQ_WthProc">http://doe2.com/index_Wth.html#eQ_WthProc</a><span style='color:#1F497D'><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'>Scott<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>--</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Scott Horowitz<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Electricity, Resources & Buildings Systems Integration</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>National Renewable Energy Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>1617 Cole Blvd.</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Golden, CO 80401</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>303.384.7560</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joe Snider<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 07, 2011 3:42 PM<br><b>To:</b> equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] international 8760 weather data<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are working on an energy model in South America and can’t find an 8760 weather file for it? Do we need to create our own? If so, does anyone have any references on how to do that?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joe Snider<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#948A54'>JOSEPH R. SNIDER, AIA, LEED AP BD + C</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#948A54'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:green'>|</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#948A54'> </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#009900'>SEQUIL Systems, Inc. </span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:green'>|</span><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#948A54'> </span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#948A54'>1 SE 4<sup>th</sup> Ave, Suite 205, Delray Beach, FL 33483 </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#009900'>|<b> </b></span><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#948A54'>a LEED Gold office</span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#948A54'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:green'>|</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#948A54'> (561) 921-0900</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#948A54'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sequil-Systems-Inc/168686029862769"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=14 height=14 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CC6E31.26B2B2C0" alt=sequilfacebook></span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#948A54'>Like us on Facebook </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/sequil"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=14 height=14 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CC6E31.26B2B2C0" alt=sequiltwitter></span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#948A54'> Follow us on Twitter</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>