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<p>The old CWEC files are also available for free at the White Box
Technologies web site ( <a
href="http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com/CWEC2">http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com/CWEC2</a>
)* WBT always endeavors to include multiple formats of any
weather file, esp. *.BINM and *.epw, to minimize the need for
format conversion. By the way, these CWEC2s are very old, and
have been superceded by later versions of "typical year" weather
files that are better in all aspects - more locations, more
current data, and better solar radiation. Environment Canada
released a new set of CWEC for 492 locations in 2017, while WBT
released a set of CN2014 files for 226 locations in 2014 (<a
href="http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com/CN2014">http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com/CN2014</a>).<br>
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<p>*note: I've been calling these files CWEC2s because there was an
earlier version, but I've noticed that the nomenclature is not
consistent and Environment Canada does use version numbers. In
case there's any confusion, I'm referring to the files that were
created in the early 1990's using weather data that ended in
1989.<br>
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<p>Joe<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="90">Joe Huang
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/9/2019 6:58 AM, Jones, Christopher
via Equest-users wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I tried converting a CWEC file of the old
generation. The resulting .epw file, first line:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LOCATION,Abbotsford
BC CWEC ,<not available>,<not
available>,<not available>,<not
available>,49.03,-122.37,-8,1609.34<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I suggest using the new CWEC generation
.epw file unless there is a stipulation that the original file
must be used. Many of the CWEC files have both generations
included on the Climate One Building website:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="http://climate.onebuilding.org/WMO_Region_4_North_and_Central_America/CAN_Canada/index.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://climate.onebuilding.org/WMO_Region_4_North_and_Central_America/CAN_Canada/index.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The new CWEC .epw file for Abbotsford first
line:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"">LOCATION,Abbotsford
Intl AP,BC,CAN,CWEC2016,711080,49.025,-122.360,-8.0,59.1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alternately, you could try editing that
first line in the .epw file to show the same information as
the new generation .epw file includes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Converting from .epw to .bin always goes
smoothly. The old CWEC files do not some of the information
required for the .epw file.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The old CWEC files use very old data
unrepresentative of current climate conditions.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Christopher
R Jones, P.Eng.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">T+
1 416-644-0252<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Equest-users
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Konstantina Kalliakoudi via Equest-users<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 09, 2019 2:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Lapierre, Patrick <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:plapierre@bpa.ca"><plapierre@bpa.ca></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] bin file to epw file<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you Patrick for your answer,<o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am trying to insert the epw file in
HAP.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I used "elemets" saved the bin file as
epw file.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Then I am trying to insert the file in
HAP and I get following error message<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do you have a suggestion?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Konstantina Kalliakoudi<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Στις Τετ, 8 Μαΐ 2019 στις 4:11 μ.μ.,
ο/η Lapierre, Patrick <<a
href="mailto:plapierre@bpa.ca" moz-do-not-send="true">plapierre@bpa.ca</a>>
έγραψε:<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="color:#1F497D">I suggest using the
« Elements » software from Rocky Mountain Institude
and Big Ladder Software</span><span lang="FR-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="FR-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#1F497D"><a
href="https://bigladdersoftware.com/projects/elements/docs/user-guide/install-uninstall.html"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://bigladdersoftware.com/projects/elements/docs/user-guide/install-uninstall.html</a></span><span
lang="FR-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="FR-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="color:#1F497D"> </span><span lang="FR-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="http://www.bpa.ca/" target="_blank"
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style="text-decoration:none"><img
style="width:.3541in;height:.3229in"
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alt="Bouthillette Parizeau" class=""
width="34" height="31" border="0"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial
Black",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">Patrick</span></b><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial
Black",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"> </span></b><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial
Black",sans-serif;color:#3F3F3F">Lapierre</span></b><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7D7D7D">_ing.
BEMP</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A5A5A5">Développement
durable et Efficacité énergétique</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#A5A5A5"><a
href="mailto:plapierre@bpa.ca"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">plapierre@bpa.ca</a> |
t: 5143833747x2807</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span
lang="FR">De :</span></b><span lang="FR">
Equest-users <<a
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target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>>
<b>De la part de</b> Konstantina Kalliakoudi via
Equest-users<br>
<b>Envoyé :</b> 8 mai 2019 08:02<br>
<b>À :</b> <a
href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Objet :</b> [Equest-users] bin file to epw file</span><span
lang="FR-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre><i><span style="color:black" lang="FR-CA">Dear eQUEST users,</span></i><span lang="FR-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><i><span style="color:black" lang="FR-CA"> </span></i><span lang="FR-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><i><span style="color:black" lang="FR-CA">I need to convert a DOE-2 weather file (.bin file) into an EnergyPlus weather file (.epw). </span></i><span lang="FR-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"><i><span style="color:black" lang="FR-CA">Do you have any suggestion?</span></i><span lang="FR-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:black" lang="FR-CA"> </span><span lang="FR-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"><i><span style="color:black" lang="FR-CA">Thank you </span></i><span lang="FR-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"><i><span style="color:black" lang="FR-CA">Konstantina Kalliakoudi</span></i><span lang="FR-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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