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Weather File of Past Year (2018)

Hi everyone,

Dynamic simulations are totally new to me and I did not had any eduction about it, everything I know about it is from the internet and trail and error with energyplus, so please do not blame me if I say stupid things.

For my masterthesis I have to perform a simulation of a passive school building nearby Antwerp, Belgium (51°09'53.1"N 4°24'20.2"E) in EnergyPlus. The building is already built and I have access to the as-build plans (almost all the information about how the building is built). In order to create an energy model that approaches reality I installed nine dataloggers that measure the dry bulb temperature and relative humidity for the periode (21th of september 2018 until ...), so i can adjust the model to reality. The only part that is missing to create the model is a weather file (epw) of 2018.

My question: Where can I find a weather file (epw) of 2018, not a design year, but real measures (for the airport of Deurne or Brussels (within the radius of 30-50 miles))? I found a lot of websites (e.g. http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com) with several weather files, but I am not sure which one I need to download/buy.

Thank you in advance!

Weather File of Past Year (2018)

Hi everyone,

Dynamic simulations are totally new to me and I did not had any eduction about it, everything I know about it is from the internet and trail and error with energyplus, so please do not blame me if I say stupid things.

For my masterthesis I have to perform a simulation of a passive school building nearby Antwerp, Belgium (51°09'53.1"N 4°24'20.2"E) in EnergyPlus. The building is already built and I have access to the as-build plans (almost all the information about how the building is built). In order to create an energy model that approaches reality I installed nine dataloggers that measure the dry bulb temperature and relative humidity for the periode (21th of september 2018 until ...), so i can adjust the model to reality. The only part that is missing to create the model is a weather file (epw) of 2018.

My question: Where can I find a weather file (epw) of 2018, not a design year, but real measures (for the airport of Deurne or Brussels (within the radius of 30-50 miles))? I found a lot of websites (e.g. http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com) with several weather files, but I am not sure which one I need to download/buy.

Thank you in advance!

Weather File of Past Year (2018)

Dynamic simulations are totally new to me and I did not had any eduction about it, everything I know about it is from the internet and trail and error with energyplus, so please do not blame me if I say stupid things.

For my masterthesis I have to perform a simulation of a passive school building nearby Antwerp, Belgium (51°09'53.1"N 4°24'20.2"E) in EnergyPlus. The building is already built and I have access to the as-build plans (almost all the information about how the building is built). In order to create an energy model that approaches reality I installed nine dataloggers that measure the dry bulb temperature and relative humidity for the periode (21th of september 2018 until ...), so i can adjust the model to reality. The only part that is missing to create the model is a weather file (epw) of 2018.

My question: Where can I find a weather file (epw) of 2018, not a design year, but real measures (for the airport of Deurne or Brussels (within the radius of 30-50 miles))? I found a lot of websites (e.g. http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com) with several weather files, but I am not sure which one I need to download/buy.