EnergyPlus Weather File (EPW) | Agrisemantics Map of Data Standards

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EnergyPlus is a whole building energy simulation program that engineers, architects, and researchers use to model both energy consumption—for heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting and plug and process loads—and water use in buildings.
EnergyPlus is a free, open-source console-based program that reads input and writes output to text files. It ships with a number of utilities including IDF-Editor for creating input files using a simple spreadsheet-like interface,

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Core information

URL(s):

http://bigladdersoftware.com/epx/docs/8-3/auxiliary-programs/energyplus-weather-...

Publisher(s) / Maintainer(s):

US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Domain(s):

[Peripheral / neighbouring domains], Meteorology and Climatology

Type of standard:

Binary / text data format, Data dictionary, Messaging standard

Describes / models / annotates:

Natural Resources, Earth and Environment data, Weather / meteorological data, Climate data, Aggregated observation summaries, e.g. hourly, daily, seasonal, climate normals

Segment of the value chain:

Conditions (weather, soli...)

Additional information

Acronym:

EPW

Contact email:

amir.roth@ee.doe.gov

Publication year:

1998

License(s):

GNU General Public License (GPL)

Status:

Broadly recognized in its scope

Technical information

Format of the data standard:

HTML

VEST / AgroPortal integration

Original source:

VEST Registry

Assessment

An overview of criteria used for the assessment can be found here.

Total score:

1.44

assessment tabs

Fitness / adoption

Complete:

Yes, complete, consistent and granular

Authoritative:

Not clear - N/A

Largely compatible:

Not clear - N/A

Known:

Yes, moderately

Used in software:

Yes, in a few tools

Used in datasets:

Yes, in many, by a few providers

Discoverable:

Yes

Regulatory:

Not clear - N/A

Endorsed:

Yes, moderately

Long-term, sustainable:

Yes, reasonably

Participatory, collaborative:

Not clear - N/A

Maintained:

Yes

Scores

Avg fitness:

2.00

Avg adoption:

2.33

Usability / openness

Available on the web:

Yes

Versatile:

Served by APIs:

Manageable:

Documented:

Yes

Supported:

Not clear - N/A

Testable:

Not clear - N/A

Machine-readable:

Meaningful:

Annotated:

Not clear - N/A

Referenceable:

Linked:

Clearly licensed:

Openly licensed:

Not clear - N/A

Scores

Avg usability:

1.14

Avg openness:

0.29

Notes on assessment:

First assessment by FAO

URI: https://vest.agrisemantics.org/node/20112

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