<div dir="ltr"><div>Please ignore my question. I just figured it out :).</div><div> </div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Simge Andolsun, PhD</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Simge Andolsun <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simgeandolsun@gmail.com" target="_blank">simgeandolsun@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Dear eQUEST users,</div><div> </div><div>I need to convert a DOE-2 weather file (.bin file) into an EnergyPlus weather file (.epw). I have found the following instructions for this from this link: <a href="http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/dirpubs/un_articleEP07.pdf" target="_blank">http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/dirpubs/un_articleEP07.pdf</a>. However, I am not able to find the DOE2 WTH tool. Would you please direct me to it?</div>
<div> </div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Best Regards,</div><div>Simge Andolsun, PhD.</div><div> </div><div><b><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><p align="LEFT">CONVERTING DOE-2 BINARY FILES INTO EPW FORMAT</p>
</font></font></b><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><p align="LEFT">I have some DOE-2 weather files in binary format (no text original inputs) that I'd like to convert to EPW format.</p>
<p align="LEFT">Has anyone discovered a (hopefully) painless way to do this conversion?</p>
</font></font><b><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><p align="LEFT">Answer</p>
</font></font></b><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><p align="LEFT">Using the DOE2 WTH tool, convert to text format. The EnergyPlus Weather Converter reads that format and can</p>
<p align="LEFT">convert into EPW. You will need to use the DOE2 bin to fmt converter first. All the utilities you need are in our</p>
<p align="LEFT">"Yahoo Groups" file area; the folder name is DOE-2_Weather_Converter.</p>
<p align="LEFT">When you have the file in fmt format, the EnergyPlus WeatherConverter can convert to EPW format. You might</p>
<p align="LEFT">also download the latest EPLusWth.dll; again, this is in our "Yahoo Groups" area in a folder Updates/Windows/.</p>
</font></font><p align="LEFT"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">Join the EnergyPlus Support group at </font></font><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><a href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/EnergyPlus_Support/" target="_blank">http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/EnergyPlus_Support/</a></font></font></font></p>
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</font></font></font><b><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"></font></font></b><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"></font></font><p align="LEFT"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><b>Caveat</b></font></font><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">: Be aware that DOE-2 binary weather files save temperatures in integer F and solar radiation in integer</font></font></p>
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</font></font><p align="LEFT"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">BTU/ft</font></font><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><font face="Arial" size="1">2</font></font></b><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">, so any such file converted to EPW will lose precision compared to the original source data. In other</font></font></p>
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<p>words, the resulting decimal on these EPW files is good only to 0.3C precision, not 0.1C.</p></font></font></div></div>
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