[EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Australian Weather Data Source/Format

["petervipac" <peterh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks heaps guys!

I've contacted NABERS with regard to the weather data issues and I've
just received a reply saying that RMY weather data from Official
EnergyPlus website is acceptable for ABGR simulations.  Hopefully this
answers the doubt of those who's suffered from the same issue.  Below
is a copy of the email correspondence.

Cheers
Peter

[beginning of forwarded message]
Hi Peter,

Matthew has advised that I should check this with our Auditors - I
have now done so and can confirm that `RMY data from the EnergyPlus
website' is acceptable to use for the purposes of your Commitment
Agreement modelling.

Kind Regards,
Alberta McAteer

A/Program Officer
Department of Environment and Climate Change
Tel: 02 9995 6334
Fax: 02 9995 6648




--- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Crawley, Drury"
<Drury.Crawley@...> wrote:
>
> While we do have the TRY data, we do not have permission to release
as the RMY data are meant to replace it.  PC Thomas has a copy of the
TRY in EPW format.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tue Apr 15 01:01:35 2008
> Subject: [EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Australian Weather Data Source/Format
> 
> Hi Justin,
> 
> Thanks for the advice. I opened both IWEC and RMY weather data in
> notepad and saw the line quoting that the source data is from ACADS_BSG:
> 
> "COMMENTS 1,Australia Climatic Data Base Reference Meteorological Year
> Weather Data Set December 2006 Period of record 1967-2004; Copyright
> Commonwealth of Australia licensed from ACADS-BSG Pty Ltd only for use
> by users of EnergyPlus."
> 
> Alas, both weather files uses Reference Meteorological Year (RMY) data
> instead of Test Reference Year (TRY) data, which is required under the
> ABGR validation protocol. I contacted ACADS-BSG and they said maybe
> Dru Crawley from LBNL already has a converted Sydney TRY version for
> Energy Plus. Could someone from EnergyPlus kindly upload the TRY
> Sydney weather file if you have access to it? Thanks a lot!!
> 
> Peter
> 
> --- In EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:EnergyPlus_Support%40yahoogroups.com> , Justin Wong <justinw@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Peter,
> > 
> > I believed those IWEC weather files will enable you to do ABGR 
> > assessment. I think there are from ACADS-BSG.
> > 
> > Justin
> > 
> > petervipac wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I've been using weather data from the Energy Plus website for
> > > Australian cities and I noticed that most Australian weather
files are
> > > in IWEC and RMY formats. Could someone please help me out with the
> > > following questions:
> > >
> > > 1. I was trying to read the information on Weather Data Sources. But
> > > when I click on the link "RMY Australia Representative
Meteorological
> > > Years" it did nothing at all! The link may be dead and needs
> > > re-direction. Has anyone had any luck with that link?
> > >
> > > 2. Does anyone knows who provided the source for those IWEC and RMY
> > > weather data for Australian cities? Are they from CSIRO or
Beaurau of
> > > Meteorology? CRC-ACADS?
> > >
> > > 3. I need Australian TRY weather data for Australian Building
> > > Greenhouse Rating (ABGR) simulation and I'm just wondering if you
> > > already have TRY weather data for Sydney Australia?
> > >
> > > Thank you in advance!
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> > >
> >
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
> 
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>



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