[BLDG-SIM] [EnergyPlus_Support] Global horizontal solar radiation

[Jeff Hirsch]

First, the ASHRAE license states:

"ADDITIONAL LICENSE CONDITIONS: This Product is also intended for use in
software or other programmed information. You may embed some or all of the
program and data contained within in another work for personal use without
written permission of ASHRAE. "

meaning, I my opinion (for what that might be worth, which may be nothing if you like)
any persoanl use of the data is explicitly allowed without further permission.

Second, only an "original work of authorship" can be protected by US and international
copyright law; weather data, by its very nature, is not an "original work of authorship",
so the underlying data cannot be a subject of copyright ... a work incorporating the
weather data can be a copyrighted work, but the weather data portion (which was
not an orginal work of authorship) cannot be protected by such a copyright.  Thus
the FORMAT of a data base is protected by copyright, but the data is not protected
by copyright.

On the other hand, I guess God could file a copyright on weather data by claiming
authorship ... perhaps our President could ask about this possibility during one of
his future conversations ... then, perhaps, DOE could hold the copyright for the
weather creator.

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Jeff Hirsch
James J. Hirsch & Associates
Building Performance Analysis Software & Consulting
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Camarillo, CA 93012-9243 USA
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email: Jeff.Hirsch at DOE2.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Drury.Crawley at ee.doe.gov>
To: <EnergyPlus_Support at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 6:48 AM
Subject: Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Global horizontal solar radiation


>
> Andrea,
>
> Multiple 9s in a field in most weather formats means missing.
> Yes, you're correct that EnergyPlus only uses direct and diffuse
> radiation.  That particular data source may not have had
> global radiation (hence the 9s).
>
> I would remind you that some of the data are copyright and our
> license allows them to be used with EnergyPlus, not necessarily
> other programs.
>
> Dru
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>                       EnergyPlus_Support at yaho      cc:
>                       ogroups.com                  Subject:  [EnergyPlus_Support] Global
horizontal solar
>                                                       radiation
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>                       03/14/2006 04:18 AM
>                       Please respond to
>                       EnergyPlus_Support
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> Hello,
> I understand this is more an eQuest (DOE2 engine) question, but just in
> case you know.
> I'm using an EnergyPlus weather file to generate an Equest weather file
> (using eQ_WthProc ). Since The epw I'm using do not have Global horizontal
> solar radiation, I guess E+ uses only direct normal and diffuse horizontal
> ?, the epw file have 9999 value for all Global horizontal solar values. The
> .bin file I get have 9999 as Global horizontal, does eQuest ( DOE2 engine)
> uses that values in its calculation ?
> Thanks a lot for reading this.
> Andrea.
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