I wonder whether I could find FWT or EPW weather files for Istanbul Turkey
that I can use for VE IES Radiance simulation. Any suggestions would be
appreciated.
Weather Analytics has epw files for purchase. It looks like they have several in the Istanbul area.
http://www.weatheranalytics.com/get-weather-data
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If you're using the weather file with IES Radiance, you should make sure that the weather
file contains Daylight Illuminances (Global, Direct Normal, Diffuse,Zenith, etc.), and not
just the Solar Radiation, which indicates the amount of heat rather than light. Both of
the two following weather files contain illuminance data, albeit they're all calculated:
There is an old ASHRAE IWEC weather file for Istanbul (circa 2001) in EPW format that can
be downloaded for free from the EnergyPlus Weather web site.
There is a new ASHRAE IWEC2 weather file for Istanbul (circa 2010) that is available at
my Web site, but it is not free. IWEC2 weather files are based on recorded weather
station data for 12 to 25 years, and available for 3,012 locations outside the US and Canada.
For more info on purchasing individual IWEC2 weather files, please go to
http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com.
Weather Analytics has epw files for purchase. It looks like they have several in the Istanbul area.
http://www.weatheranalytics.com/get-weather-data
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Cory Duggin, EI
EPW weather file for Istanbul exists on the EnergyPlus Weather Data
pages:
http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/weatherdata_about.cfm
Omer Moltay, LEED AP BD+C, ASHRAE BEMP, ASHRAE CPMP, BREEAM
If you're using the weather file with IES Radiance, you should make sure that the weather
file contains Daylight Illuminances (Global, Direct Normal, Diffuse,Zenith, etc.), and not
just the Solar Radiation, which indicates the amount of heat rather than light. Both of
the two following weather files contain illuminance data, albeit they're all calculated:
There is an old ASHRAE IWEC weather file for Istanbul (circa 2001) in EPW format that can
be downloaded for free from the EnergyPlus Weather web site.
There is a new ASHRAE IWEC2 weather file for Istanbul (circa 2010) that is available at
my Web site, but it is not free. IWEC2 weather files are based on recorded weather
station data for 12 to 25 years, and available for 3,012 locations outside the US and Canada.
For more info on purchasing individual IWEC2 weather files, please go to
http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com.
Joe Huang