Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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Hi Denis: looks like you are in Canada, so check out future weather file resources for Canada & elsewhere, in my BC CDC / NCCeH webinar and slide deck:
-- Keeping our cool: Preventing overheated buildings in the climate crisis (Phillips, 2023 webinar). National Collaborating Centre for Env. Health, Healthy Built Environment Forum, Canada. https://ncceh.ca/events/upcoming-webinars/keeping-our-cool-preventing-overheated-buildings-climate-crisis
-- Preventing Indoor Overheatiing (NCCEH 2023). Subject guide: summary and resources for health, planning, and building professionals. https://ncceh.ca/resources/subject-guides/preventing-indoor-overheating
-- Overheating and Passive Survivability Standards and Guidelines: A Brief History and A Look Ahead (Phillips, Aug. 2022). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WFGQHG878s2DRS0oUtoGPbto7-uNyXeS/view?usp=sharing
As I recall, the BC Energy Step Code uses morphed (future T-shifted) weather files, from a Canadian climate center NGO. NRC Canada might have morphed weather files too. Climate files usually require 20 or 30 year averages.
Note that the climate models do NOT do a great job yet in predicting extreme events, such as the PNW heat dome, but this is now a hot research area.
