[Trace-users] Hourly Weather

Wed Mar 3 12:12:18 PST 2010

This process is illustrated in the User Manual found under
Help-Documentation. Lots of other good stuff there also. 

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Today's Topics:

   1. Creating weather files (Clark Denson)
   2. Re: Creating weather files (Caleb Bulow)
   3. Re: Creating weather files (Clark Denson)

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 17:16:57 -0600
From: "Clark Denson" <cdenson at ssr-inc.com>
To: <trace-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
Subject: [Trace-users] Creating weather files
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I?m trying to calibrate an energy model in Trane TRACE 700 based on 2009
weather data and utility bills.  As this is my first time to do this, I
need to know two things:

1)      Where can I find hourly weather data from 2009 in Nashville, TN?

2)      How do I convert this into a format that TRACE can import (TMY,
TMY2, TMY3, TRY, IWEC)?

Thanks for your help,

Clark R. Denson, PE, CEM, LEED AP

Sustainable Solutions Group
SSRCx, LLC

(615) 460-0482 - Direct
(800) 545-6732 - Toll-Free
cdenson at ssr-inc.com <mailto:cdenson at ssr-inc.com> 

www.ssrcx.com <http://www.ssrcx.com/> 

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 17:23:33 -0600
From: "Caleb Bulow" <cbulow at prengr.net>
To: "Clark Denson" <cdenson at ssr-inc.com>,
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Subject: Re: [Trace-users] Creating weather files
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Fortunately, this is an easy procedure.  The website you want is
http://doe2.com/index_Wth.html

You can click on the TMY3 link.  It will take you to *.bin files.
Download the file and rename the extension to TM3 (or whatever extension
it is that Trace looks for when importing a weather file).

Once the file extension is renamed, Trace will import the file without
any trouble.

One tip ? put your weather files in a place where you can easily find
them.  When you upgrade a computer, it is nice to be able to grab all
the files in one shot.

Caleb B. 

  PRAIRIE ENGINEERING, P.C.

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Denson
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Subject: [Trace-users] Creating weather files

I?m trying to calibrate an energy model in Trane TRACE 700 based on 2009
weather data and utility bills.  As this is my first time to do this, I
need to know two things:

1)      Where can I find hourly weather data from 2009 in Nashville, TN?

2)      How do I convert this into a format that TRACE can import (TMY,
TMY2, TMY3, TRY, IWEC)?

Thanks for your help,

Clark R. Denson, PE, CEM, LEED AP

Sustainable Solutions Group
SSRCx, LLC

(615) 460-0482 - Direct
(800) 545-6732 - Toll-Free
cdenson at ssr-inc.com

www.ssrcx.com <http://www.ssrcx.com/> 

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Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 17:30:14 -0600
From: "Clark Denson" <cdenson at ssr-inc.com>
To: <cbulow at prengr.net>,	<trace-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
Subject: Re: [Trace-users] Creating weather files
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Thanks Caleb, but don't think this is the right approach. It's my
understanding that TMY data is "typical" data taken over 30 years. What
I'm looking for is actual weather data from last year specifically. 

Clark Denson, PE, CEM, LEED AP
SSRCx
615-383-1113

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From: Caleb Bulow <cbulow at prengr.net>
To: Clark Denson; trace-users at lists.onebuilding.org
<trace-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
Sent: Tue Mar 02 17:23:33 2010
Subject: RE: [Trace-users] Creating weather files 

Fortunately, this is an easy procedure.  The website you want is
http://doe2.com/index_Wth.html

You can click on the TMY3 link.  It will take you to *.bin files.
Download the file and rename the extension to TM3 (or whatever extension
it is that Trace looks for when importing a weather file).

Once the file extension is renamed, Trace will import the file without
any trouble.

One tip ? put your weather files in a place where you can easily find
them.  When you upgrade a computer, it is nice to be able to grab all
the files in one shot.

Caleb B. 

  PRAIRIE ENGINEERING, P.C.

From: trace-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:trace-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Clark
Denson
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 5:17 PM
To: trace-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Trace-users] Creating weather files

I?m trying to calibrate an energy model in Trane TRACE 700 based on 2009
weather data and utility bills.  As this is my first time to do this, I
need to know two things:

1)      Where can I find hourly weather data from 2009 in Nashville, TN?

2)      How do I convert this into a format that TRACE can import (TMY,
TMY2, TMY3, TRY, IWEC)?

Thanks for your help,

Clark R. Denson, PE, CEM, LEED AP

Sustainable Solutions Group
SSRCx, LLC

(615) 460-0482 - Direct
(800) 545-6732 - Toll-Free
cdenson at ssr-inc.com

www.ssrcx.com <http://www.ssrcx.com/> 

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