Generation of Typical Meteorological Year for Tehran

Abstract- The correct selection of typical meteorological year is an important factor for accurate building energy simulation. In this study, the Sandia method has been applied to analyze the measured weather data of a 14-year period (1992–2005) in Tehran and to select the proper data for the typical meteorological year. Also, typical meteorological year has been generated by using the Meteonorm and Weathergenrator softwares. Then the results of the Sandia method and the two mentioned softwares have been compared with long term average measured data for main parameters in the weather data file. It was found that, the results of the Sandia method has good agreement with the long term average measured data but the created TMY data by the Weathergenrator and Meteonorm softwares have not good agreement with the long term average measured data.