Climate files for hygrothermal simulations of Brussels

The dataset contains two sets of climate files for hygrothermal simulations of building envelopes in Brussels: a long-term 30-year climate file, and a generic climate-based Moisture Reference Year (MRY). The climate data are selected based on the decision framework by Vandemeulebroucke et al. (2022) [1]. The files of the outdoor climate (measured), and of the indoor climate (computed) are included in the dataset. The WAC-files contain the outdoor climate, whereas the CCD-files contain the indoor climate (for Delphin). The climate files can be used in HAM software, e.g. Delphin or WUFI. The process of gathering and preparing the data has been described in detail by Vandemeulebroucke et al. (2022) [2]. The outdoor climate data originates from the Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI). The RMI should always be cited upon the use of these data, as well as the related article [2]. References: [1] I. Vandemeulebroucke, S. Caluwaerts, and N. Van Den Bossche, “Decision framework to select moisture reference years for hygrothermal simulations,” Building and Environment, vol. 218, p. 109080, 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2022.109080. [2] I. Vandemeulebroucke, S. Caluwaerts, and N. Van Den Bossche, “Climate data for hygrothermal simulations of Brussels,” Data in Brief, vol. 44, p. 108491, 2022, doi: 10.1016/J.DIB.2022.108491.