I try weather data analysis but when i want to convert my edited csv file back to epw it says unknown source and the program terminates
This question has come up often in previous posts.
You can use the free program Elements to adjust weather files.
For your specific application, it seems like it would be easier to just set all of your exterior surfaces to "ground" adjacency, and then specify a ground temperature (changing one number in the .epw file).
If you want to specify the surface heat transfer properties in more detail, see the response to this question.
The other approach could be to use EMS (also supported by DesignBuilder) in order to override weather parameters instead of changing a weather file. Choose environment-related actuators for outdoor dry bulb temperature and solar radiation (direct and diffuse) and change their values at the beginning of each timestep. The attached example changes direct and diffuse solar radiation to 0 and sets the outdoor dry bulb temperature to 18C.
! Weather file outdoor air dry bulb temperature
EnergyManagementSystem:Actuator,
oDBT, !- Name
Environment, !- Actuated Component Unique Name
Weather Data, !- Actuated Component Type
Outdoor Dry Bulb; !- Actuated Component Control Type
! Weather file diffuse solar radiation
EnergyManagementSystem:Actuator,
oDifSolar, !- Name
Environment, !- Actuated Component Unique Name
Weather Data, !- Actuated Component Type
Diffuse Solar; !- Actuated Component Control Type
! Weather file direct solar radiation
EnergyManagementSystem:Actuator,
oDirSolar, !- Name
Environment, !- Actuated Component Unique Name
Weather Data, !- Actuated Component Type
Direct Solar; !- Actuated Component Control Type
! EMS program calling point
EnergyManagementSystem:ProgramCallingManager,
OverrideWeatherData, !- Name
BeginTimestepBeforePredictor, !- EnergyPlus Model Calling Point
OverrideProg; !- Program Name 1
!EMS program which sets selected weather parameters to 0
EnergyManagementSystem:Program,
OverrideProg, !- Name
SET oDBT = 18,
SET oDifSolar = 0,
SET oDirSolar = 0;
Hi Ivan, I found this answer to be very helpful for a problem I'm working on. I was wondering how one could apply the actuated condition like the one outlined in your answer to just one surface instead of all surfaces? Do I change the boundary condition of the surface or change a parameter of the actuators?
Hi Justin, You'll need to create an actuator for each surface you would like to change boundary condition. Boundary conditions can be various such as "Surface Convection Heat Transfer Coefficient", "Outdoor Air Wind Speed", etc. For example if you would like to set outdoor dry bulb temperature for a surface named "WALL" an actuator should be:
EnergyManagementSystem:Actuator,
oDBT_wall, !- Name
WALL, !- Actuated Component Unique Name
Surface, !- Actuated Component Type
Outdoor Air Drybulb Temperature; !- Actuated Component Control Type
@Ivan Korolija, thank you so very much! I've been struggling to figure this out for a few weeks. I also rediscovered the EMS Verbose command to find a number of other Actuator variables. I have one remaining question. I have found how to control the air temperature adjacent but I don't see any variables on how to control the solar radiation on a wall. Is there a way to actuate solar radiation for a single wall/window? Thank you again for all your help.
@JustinShultz, Solar radiation on a wall (which is automatically applied to any window on that wall) can be switched off completely by setting the 'Sun Exposure' to 'NoSun' in a BuildingSurface:Detailed object. I am not sure you can override solar radiation through EMS for an individual wall/window.
Hi @Ivan Korolija, thank you again for your answer! I have been trying to solve these two questions for quite some time, you have helped me tremendously. Thank you!
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