HeatResilientCity II - work package 2.3: Interactions between buildings and open space adaptation measures – Meteorological input data for building performance simulation

This repository contains meteorological data from urban climate simulations that were carried out in districts of the cities of Dresden and Erfurt as part of the HeatResilientCity II project. The data was extracted at specific points (receptors) of the urban climate model. In addition to the data, a script is attached that can be utilized to generate a time series for IDA ICE building performance simulations using IceWeather.exe. Therefore, a Microsoft Windows operating system is required. To create a time series, simply use the function createIdaIceInput() at the end of the script createTimeSeries.py. Further explanations can be found at the beginning of the script. Information about the ENVI-met data used to create the IDA ICE input can be found in README_RawENVImetOutput_DD.txt and README_RawENVImetOutput_EF.txt.

Some input data files have already been generated and can be directly used for thermal building performance simulations with IDA ICE. These files can be found in the folder 0.3_Input_Timeseries (Climate) for IDA ICE.

The naming convention of the final input data files for IDA ICE is as follows:

TOWN_SCENARIO_RECEPTOR_AVERAGING_INTERFACE_LATITUDE_LONGITUDE_VERSION

TOWN: Choose between 'Erfurt' and 'Dresden'

SCENARIO: See further information in README_RawENVImetOutput_DD.txt and README_RawENVImetOutput_EF.txt

RECEPTOR: Location in the modelled area (ENVI-met simulation) where data was extracted.

AVERAGING: Information about averaging the hourly values of the urban climate simulation (see createTimeSeries.py and READMEs)

INTERFACE: Information on how single days were joined together (see createTimeSeries.py).

LATITUDE: Default values for Dresden and Erfurt are set in the script. Add additional values in the function setIceWeatherParams() if you are using other cities/custom ENVI-met simulation data.

LONGITUDE: Default values for Dresden and Erfurt are set in the script. Add additional values in the function setIceWeatherParams() if you are using other cities/custom ENVI-met simulation data.

VERSION: The version number can be set in the script.

Example: Dresden_2y_A1_a_timeSeries_24-24_51.0468_13.6707_v11.prn

Folder overview:

The ENVI-met raw data is stored in 0.1_Input_RawENVImetOutput.

The script is stored in 0.2_Input_ScriptsToCreateTimeSeries.

The final datasets ready for simulation with IDA ICE are stored in 0.3_Input_Timeseries(Climate)ForIDAICE. This folder also contains some weather data time series that have already been created and can be used for IDA ICE (subfolders Erfurt_v11 and Dresden_v11).