[Equest-users] Weather Data Files

[Hall, Brendan]

Keep in mind that the .bin files wont compile correctly unless the text file is correctly formatted. In the TMY2 documentation they have a listing of what variable goes in which column and what units it is expecting. When I say column, it’s not in an excel sense but in the sense that each character is a column.  Also, look for a text editor that can edit the files vertically and it will make your life a lot easier. When I tried it I found a program called ultraedit and used the trial period to make my file. I’m sure there are others that have similar capabilities. I’ll attach a past weather file that I had made so you can see the finished product.

Brendan Hall
From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Christina Gerometta
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 1:52 PM
To: Chris Jones
Cc: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Weather Data Files

Does anyone have an example of a CSV real time weather file that they converted to BIN format for eQuest? Thank you everyone for all the help thus far!

From: Chris Jones <cj at enersave.ca<mailto:cj at enersave.ca>>
Date: Thursday, July 26, 2012 9:32 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

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<mailto:thomasv at iit.edu>>
Reply-To: <thomasv at iit.edu<mailto: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_DOE2BIN.138130152.pdf> or http://doe2.com/index_Wth.html#eQ_WthProc

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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<mailto:thomasv at iit.edu>>
> Reply-To:  <thomasv at iit.edu<mailto: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>
> 9 - Weather _NCDC.tpe to DOE2.bin to Tables-Charts
> < 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_-
> _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_-
> _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>
>
>
>
> 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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