read_epw {eplusr} | R Documentation |
Read and Parse EnergyPlus Weather File (EPW)
Description
read_epw()
parses an EPW file and returns an Epw
object. The parsing
process is extremely inspired by [EnergyPlus/WeatherManager.cc] with some
simplifications. For more details on Epw
, please see Epw class.
Usage
read_epw(path, encoding = "unknown")
Arguments
path |
A path of an EnergyPlus |
encoding |
The file encoding of input IDD. Should be one of |
Value
An Epw
object.
Author(s)
Hongyuan Jia
See Also
Epw class
Examples
## Not run:
# read an EPW file from EnergyPlus v8.8 installation folder
if (is_avail_eplus(8.8)) {
path_epw <- file.path(
eplus_config(8.8)$dir,
"WeatherData",
"USA_CA_San.Francisco.Intl.AP.724940_TMY3.epw"
)
read_epw(path_epw)
}
# read an EPW file from EnergyPlus website
path_base <- "https://energyplus.net/weather-download"
path_region <- "north_and_central_america_wmo_region_4/USA/CA"
path_file <- "USA_CA_San.Francisco.Intl.AP.724940_TMY3/USA_CA_San.Francisco.Intl.AP.724940_TMY3.epw"
path_epw <- file.path(path_base, path_region, path_file)
read_epw(path_epw)
## End(Not run)
[Package eplusr version 0.16.2 Index]