[Equest-users] Weather Data Files

[Christina Gerometta]

Chris, 

Do you have a copy of the excel workbook, or is it simple enough to make my
own? Also, does this require the psych.xla plug-in for excel?

Thanks for you help!

Christina

From:  Chris Jones <cj at enersave.ca>
Date:  Thursday, July 26, 2012 9:32 AM
To:  Christina Gerometta <christina.gerometta at btu-engineering.com>
Cc:  <equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
Subject:  Re: [Equest-users] Weather Data Files

Christina, you will have to reformat the CSV to the text file format
required to convert from text to .BIN using the equest weather processor.

I use an Excel workbook.  One sheet has the raw CSV data and another sheet
converts it to Imperial and formats to the text format required by equest.

At 04:31 PM 25/07/2012, Christina Gerometta wrote:
> Thanks! Is this for CSV files are real time? Will the units be correct? The
> files that I got were in Celsius and the eQuest files need to be in
> fahrenheit. 
> 
> From: Varkie C Thomas <thomasv at iit.edu>
> Reply-To: <thomasv at iit.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 12:37 PM
> To: Christina Gerometta < christina.gerometta at btu-engineering.com
> <mailto:christina.gerometta at btu-engineering.com> >
> Cc: " equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> <mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org> " <
> equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org <mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>
> >
> Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Weather Data Files
> 
> Instructions for converting EnergyPlus ".epw" files (".csv" format) to DOE2
> ".bin" files. Go to http://bepan.info/weather and open 1 - Convert
> Energy-Plus.EPW to DOE2.BIN
> <http://bepan.info/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/1_-Convert_Energy-PlusEPW_to_D
> OE2BIN.138130152.pdf>  or http://doe2.com/index_Wth.html#eQ_WthProc
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> From: Christina Gerometta < christina.gerometta at btu-engineering.com
> <mailto:christina.gerometta at btu-engineering.com> >
> 
> Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 12:05 pm
> 
> Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Weather Data Files
> 
>> > Thanks for the quick response, Varkie. However, I need a format
>> > that I can 
>> > get for free. I requested the real time weather files from
>> > http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/weatherdata_download.cfm
>> > These are in CSV format. Any suggestions on converting these into BIN?
>> > 
>> > From:  Varkie C Thomas <thomasv at iit.edu>
>> > Reply-To: <thomasv at iit.edu>
>> > Date:  Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:58 AM
>> > To:  Christina Gerometta < christina.gerometta at btu-engineering.com
>> <mailto:christina.gerometta at btu-engineering.com> >
>> > Cc: < equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
>> <mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org> >
>> > Subject:  Re: [Equest-users] Weather Data Files
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Instructions: 
>> > http://bepan.info/weather < http://bepan.info/weather
>> <http://bepan.info/weather> >
>> > 9 - Weather _NCDC.tpe to DOE2.bin to Tables-Charts
>> > < http://bepan.info/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/9_-
>> <http://bepan.info/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/9_->
>> > _Weather___NCDCtpe_to_DOE2bin_to_Tables-Charts.34093358.pdf>
>> > 
>> > Download and substitute in 11 or 12 (change the location name in
>> > sheet 1 - 
>> > does not change automatically)
>> > 
>> > 11 - Template - Shanghai ï¿1Ž2 DOE2-Weather-Analysis - Short
>> > < http://bepan.info/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/11_-
>> <http://bepan.info/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/11_->
>> > _Template_Shanghai-Weath
>> > er-Analysis-Short.132135521.zip>
>> > 
>> > 12 - Template - Beijing ï¿1Ž2 DOE2-Weather-Analysis - Long
>> > < http://bepan.info/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/12_-
>> <http://bepan.info/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/12_->
>> > _Template_Beijing-Weathe
>> > r-Analysis-Long.132135635.zip>
>> > 
>> > Varkie Thomas 
>> > 
>> > http://www.iit.edu/arch/faculty/thomas_varkie.shtml
>> > < http://www.iit.edu/arch/faculty/thomas_varkie.shtml
>> <http://www.iit.edu/arch/faculty/thomas_varkie.shtml> >
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Hello, 
>> > 
>> > I am trying to convert real time hourly weather files (taken from the
>> > energyplus request site) into a .bin file to use in eQuest. I have
>> > beenreferencing the instructions:
>> > 
>> > http://bepan.info/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/7_-
>> > _Customizing_eQUEST_Weather_Data_by_Jeff_Hirsch.138125735.pdf
>> > 
>> > However, the instructions refer to an excel document that I cannot
>> > find. I 
>> > did find one here (Item 12):
>> > 
>> > http://bepan.info/weather
>> > 
>> > But I am not sure if this will work. Does anyone have an easier
>> > approach?Any advice would be much appreciated!
>> > 
>> > Thanks, 
>> > Christina 
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