EPW Weather Analysis

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EPW Analysis in Excel
I have added Excel analysis template for EPW weather.
Go to http://bepan.info/weather
And open ??3 - Template - Minneapolis - EPW-Weather-Analysis.xls
I have not yet Charts and Tables like DOE2 weather. For information -
Open ?11 - Template - Shanghai ? DOE2-Weather-Analysis - Short?
Open ?12 - Template - Beijing ? DOE2-Weather-Analysis - Long
Is there any interest in such detail?

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Easy also to do this with DView (free software for viewing TMY2, TMY3, EPWs,
CSV data): http://www.mistaya.ca/software/dview.htm

Lots of graphs you can create on the fly.

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It is an excellent program for viewing weather files. So I won't spend any more time on the EPW template. The templates for the DOE2.bin files were created more than 10 years ago. Is there viewer for them? Varkie

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I'd highly recommend the "Climate Consultant 5" from UCLA Department of
Architecture and Urban Design.

need for viewing EPW weather data files. It is free and easy-to-use. It
offers a great user experience on exploring EPW data visually.

Cheers, Benny

Climate Consultant 5

This Version 5.0 [Build 3, October 19, 2010] adds a number of new features
to those in the prior version of Climate Consultant 4 including three
additional Comfort Models: ASHARE Handbook 2005, ASHRAE Standard 55, and
Adaptive Comfort. It now comes with climate data for all of California's 16
climate zones, but climate data is also available for over two thousand
locations from the
EnergyPlus web site. (See
READ-EPW for
details.) A web-based dynamic graphic tutorial explaining the Psychrometric
Chart and how it applies to human thermal comfort and to HVAC systems design
is also available on this web site. (extract from the official web site)

Official web site for download (for both Windows & Mac)

http://www.energy-design-tools.aud.ucla.edu/

Software Description from DOE Building Energy Software Tools Directory.

http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/software.cfm/ID=123/p
agename=alpha_list

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Climate Consultant 5 is even better than DView for studying EPW files. You can switch between SI and IP units. It is designed for client reports and presentations. I could not run it on 64-bit Windows-7 but it runs within the XP-Virtual-PC installed on the same computer. DOE2.1E also runs within XP-Virtual-PC

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