Dear BLDG-SIM community:

I'm working on energy savings calcs for a project that would use water from the Chicago River for a waterside economizer, via a heat exchanger.

Does anyone know if there are records of water temperature for the Chicago River? If not the river, what about Lake Michigan as a proxy? Hourly would be nice, but monthly would work.

And for the record, since it's almost St Patrick's Day, I don't think green dye affects the thermal properties of the river. ;)

Thanks,
Matt Huffman, LEED AP
Manager, Energy Services
Murphy & Miller, Inc.
mhuffman at murphymiller.com

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