[BLDG-SIM] Looking for DOE-2 weather data for the UK

[Bob Ramirez]

Dear Group

Well, it was a long road, but I was finally able to track down the data as
well as other useful information.  For future reference, I thought I would
summarize my search results for the group:

1) There are two sources of the ASCII files:
   a) Jeff Hirsch (Jeff.Hirsch at DOE-2.com, http://DOE2.com
   b) IES Ltd. (contact Ian Molloy => ian at ies4d.com or http://www.ies4d.com

NOTE: These ASCII files are not in typical NOAA format and still need a
substantial amount of work to be able to read and convert them into DOE-2
BIN files.

2) Per an email from a John Fullwood (jfullwood at meto.gov.uk), the CISBE is
currently rewriting their guide to weather and solar data and, in conjuction
with this, a new series of weather datasets for design applications is being
produced.  These datasets will become available either from CIBSE or John's
office (phone is 44-1344-854673) at a special low price but not until early
next year.

A special thanks to Jim Pegues for the initial lead on this data, as well as
to all others for their help!

Sincerely,

Bob Ramirez
RER, Inc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	James.F.Pegues at carrier.utc.com [SMTP:James.F.Pegues at carrier.utc.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, July 01, 1999 2:31 PM
> To:	BLDG-SIM at gard.com
> Subject:	[BLDG-SIM] Looking for DOE-2 weather data for the UK
> 
> Bob,
>      
> In the late 1980s a task group for the Chartered Institute of Building
> Service 
> Engineers (CIBSE) in the UK assembled example weather years for 15 sites
> in the 
> UK to be used for building simulation work.  While the weather data files
> are 
> not in the exact format of a NOAA TMY file or a DOE-2 BIN file, I believe
> the 
> files have all the required data elements needed by DOE-2 (temperature, 
> humidity, 2 components of solar radiation, wind speed and direction).  All
> that 
> would be needed is to write some software to convert the data format to
> one 
> DOE-2 can read.
>      
> The 15 cities in the CIBSE Example Year data set are:
>      
> Scotland
>   Glasgow
>   Aberdeen, Scotland
>   Dundee, Scotland
>   Eskdalemuir, Scotland
> Northern Ireland
>   Aldergrove
> Wales
>   Aberporth
> England
>   Newcastle
>   Manchester
>   Birmingham
>   Norwich
>   Bristol
>   Heathrow
>   London - Kew
>   London - Heathrow Airport
>   Camborne
>   
> The big question is how do you get this data.  At one point in the early
> 1990s 
> disks were being sold by a company named Facet Ltd.  Its address is:
> 
> Facet Ltd.
> Marlborough House
> Upper Marlborough Road
> St. Albans
> Hertfordshire
> England
> 
> But I don't have a phone, fax or e-mail contact for them.  Perhaps one of
> the 
> BLDG-SIM subscribers in the UK can provide these if Facet is still the
> vendor 
> for the data.
> 
> Best Regards,
>             Jim Pegues
>             Carrier Corporation
>             Title: Sr. HVAC Systems Engineer
>             Job: Software development for HVAC system modeling tools (15
> yrs)
>      
>      
> ______________________________ Reply Separator
> _________________________________
> Subject: [BLDG-SIM] Looking for DOE-2 weather data for the UK
> Author:  Bob Ramirez <bob at rer.com> at Internet 
> Date:    7/1/99 12:39 PM
>      
>      
> Dear fellow Bldg Sim'ers:
>      
> Does anyone know of a good source of DOE-2 compatible weather data (BIN 
> files) for the UK, specifically for the major metropolitan areas of
> England 
> (say London to Manchester)?  Any information will be greatly appreciated. 
> Thanks!
>      
> Bob Ramirez
> Senior Engineer
>      
>      
>      
> Bob Ramírez (bobram at rer.com or bob at rer.com)
>      
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