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Edit EPW file to remove Solar Radiation and Wind

Hi,

I am trying to manually edit a TMY3 epw file to set solar radiation and wind speed to 0 for each timestep throughout the year.

I tried using Elements, but I can only edit one cell at a time.

I also tried using Excel, but there are no column headers when I open the file using comma separated values, so I don't know which variable corresponds to which column of data.

I could not use the WeatherConverter Weather.exe application in EnergyPlus folder because my computer threw an error.

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Is there a way to convert epw to csv without using the WeatherConverter? Is there a way to use Elements to easily set the entire annual timeseries for a variable to 0?

Edit EPW file to remove Solar Radiation and Wind

Hi,

I am trying to manually edit a TMY3 epw file to set solar radiation and wind speed to 0 for each timestep throughout the year.

I tried using Elements, but I can only edit one cell at a time.

I also tried using Excel, but there are no column headers when I open the file using comma separated values, so I don't know which variable corresponds to which column of data.

I could not use the WeatherConverter Weather.exe application in EnergyPlus folder because my computer threw an error.

image description

Is there a way to convert epw to csv without using the WeatherConverter? Is there a way to use Elements to easily set the entire annual timeseries for a variable to 0?