All,
Like Tim, I am trying to follow Randy's instructions for converting TMY3
files for use in eQuest, and getting hung up at step 3. I am attempting
to use EnergyPlus's converter - I downloaded and installed EnergyPlus
today (version 4.0), which came with Version 1.4.11 of the Weather
Converter.
It seems that the only output formats the EnergyPlus weather converter
provides are the EnergyPlus weather format (EPW), a CSV format of EPW
data, both EPW and CSV, and a statistics report on input data.
I don't see any way to create a binary (.bin) file.
Any suggestions or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Greg Landreth
Greg,
You need to use the DOE2 converter to create the .bin file. The file is
located here: http://doe2.com/index_Wth.html#eQ_WthProc
Be careful with the location of the files as you convert and make sure
to read the txt file that is included with the zip package.
Sam Mason
*.bin versions of the TMY3 files are available on the White Box
Technologies web site www.whiteboxtechnologies.com/weather_data.html
Joe Huang