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Hi all,

I have just carried out a co-heating test on a school classroom. I collected solar irradiation data, inside temperature, outside temperature, humidity and heating energy input to the classroom. I also carried out 6 CO2 ACR tests.
I would like to use this data to verify my classroom model.
Can I build a custom weather file with the 10 days of weather data I collected and use it to run my model?

I want to verify the U value of my classroom model and it's performance in VE.

Any help with this would be much appreciated,

All comments welcome
Kind regards,

Alan C

Hi,

There are similar projects going on in our R&D dept under the VE Scan project, you might find that interesting

http://www.iesve.com/research/current-projects/ve-scan

In terms of creating your own Weather File, there are some options you could look into, details on our Support Centre below. You might have to populate some of the other fields with dummy data because it won't let you use an incomplete weather file but this would hopefully let you get close to what you want to study. Obviously usual warnings and disclaimers about validity of simulated data Vs measured data applies, be aware of the accuracy and precision of inputs you have used and any assumptions in the calculations themselves when trying to calibrate this.

http://www.iesve.com/support/weatherfiles

Phil