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Is there a way to determine sky conditions for a given date and time as interpreted by EnergyPlus or the Radiance package for OpenStudio?

Basically, I have narrowed down all the other factors regarding showing compliance for LEED IEQc8.1 and this is the only thing I cannot seem to get my head around.

For now I am taking the Radiance output > Space_101_map.ill file in the ...run\1-Ruby-0\out\files\in\model\radiance\output\ts\Space_101\maps folder and ascertaining whether the space meets 2 single-point in time (3/21 9am & 3pm) metric of 10/500fc.

I know that the weather file is used to generate the sky conditions, but is there an ouput that tells me the exact condition for the hours chosen? If so, is there a way to override that condition to what is considered a "clear-sky."

Thanks,

Is there a way to determine sky conditions for a given date and time as interpreted by EnergyPlus or the Radiance package for OpenStudio?

Basically, I have narrowed down all the other factors regarding showing compliance for LEED IEQc8.1 and this is the only thing I cannot seem to get my head around.

For now I am taking the Radiance output > Space_101_map.ill file in the ...run\1-Ruby-0\out\files\in\model\radiance\output\ts\Space_101\maps folder and ascertaining whether the space meets 2 single-point in time (3/21 9am & 3pm) metric of 10/500fc.

I know that the weather file is used to generate the sky conditions, but is there an ouput that tells me the exact condition for the hours chosen? If so, is there a way to override that condition to what is considered a "clear-sky."

Thanks,

Is there a way to determine sky conditions for a given date and time as interpreted by EnergyPlus or the Radiance package for OpenStudio?

Basically, I have narrowed down all the other factors regarding showing compliance for LEED IEQc8.1 and this is the only thing I cannot seem to get my head around.

For now I am taking the Radiance output > Space_101_map.ill file in the ...run\1-Ruby-0\out\files\in\model\radiance\output\ts\Space_101\maps folder and ascertaining whether the space meets 2 single-point in time (3/21 9am & 3pm) metric of 10/500fc.

I know that the weather file is used to generate the sky conditions, but is there an ouput that tells me the exact condition for the hours chosen? If so, is there a way to override that condition to what is considered a "clear-sky."

Thanks,