[Bldg-sim] Spam: TMY3 Released with 1020 US Locations
James Hess
JHess at tmecorp.com
Wed May 14 09:53:28 PDT 2008
Great news on the TMY3 weather data. We want to start using it in eQuest.
However, FYI... in order to test the new TMY3 files out, we downloaded a TMY3
weather file for Little Rock, AR. Then we converted the TMY3 file to TMY2
(using same name as TMY2 --> LITTLEAR.BIN ), placed it in a new folder under
eQuest weather (Weather\TMY3) then tried to use in eQuest and got an error,
and the simulation would not run.
Is there any additional information that we need to know in order to make
this work?
Any information would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Regards,
JAH
James A. Hess, PE, CEM
Energy Engineering Team Leader
5800 Evergreen Drive
Little Rock, AR 72205
Office: (501) 666-6776, x2172
Mobile: (501) 351-4667
www.tmecorp.com
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Subject: Spam:[Bldg-sim] TMY3 Released with 1020 US Locations
NREL Releases Updated Typical Meteorological Year Data Set
May 1, 2008
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL) today released an updated typical
meteorological year (TMY) data set derived from the
1991-2005 National Solar Radiation Data Base update. The
TMY3 data and user's manual are available at
http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/1991-2005/tmy3
The new data sets update and expand the TMY2 data sets
released by NREL in 1994. The TMY3 data sets provide greater
geographical coverage than previous TMY sets with
information on 1,020 locations in the United States, project
leader Steve Wilcox said. Only 239 locations were listed in
the TMY2 data set.
A TMY data set contains typical meteorological values for
specific locations. TMY data sets are widely used by
building designers and others for modeling renewable energy
conversion systems. Although not designed to show
meteorological extremes, TMY data sets hold hourly values of
solar radiation and meteorological elements for a one-year
period that typify climate based on a much longer period of
time.
Unless they are revised, computer programs designed for
previous TMY data sets will not work with TMY3 data. NREL
provides a software utility that allows reformatting of the
TMY3 data to the TMY2 format at the TMY3 link above.
The TMY3 data sets and the users manual were produced by
NREL's Electric and Systems Center under the Solar Resource
Characterization Project, which is funded and monitored by
DOE's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office.
NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy's primary national
laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency
research and development. NREL is operated for DOE by
Midwest Research Institute and Battelle.
For further information contact NREL Public Relations at
(303) 275-4090.
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Jason Glazer, P.E., GARD Analytics, 90.1 ECB chair
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