Simulation of building energy and indoor environmental quality - some weather data issues

After elaborating that a building is a rather complicated dynamic system where many of the governing energy and mass transfer relationships are highly non-linear, this paper focuses on weather data as needed for computer simulation of buildings. The paper does not aim for completeness but rather to identify some issues of concern. These issues are categorized under headings of weather data requirements, weather data information and availability, weather data generation, weather data reference years vs. recorded time series data, and micro climate issues. The paper finishes with some conclusions and possible directions for future work.