Latest release
To run ‘Future Weather Generator,’ you must have the latest version of Java installed. After installing it, you may run it by double-clicking on its icon. In Windows machines, you may need to right-click it and select ‘Open With’. Then, select Java Virtual Machine Launcher.
For any questions, please contact helpdesk.fwg@adai.pt.
‘Future Weather Generator‘ version 2.1.0 (1.9 GB in size).
Version 2.1.0 adds a new GUI for climate change window and bypasses reading EPWs when having incomplete Ground Temperatures data structure. (Thank you William Frøbjerg Eskildsen for making us notice it.) Version 2.0.0 implements urban heat island effect that can be computed solely or preprocessed before morphing climate change scenarios. Version 1.4.0 implements two additional diffuse irradiation models (Engerer, 2015 and Paulescu & Blaga, 2019) besides Ripley, Boland & Lauret (2010). Sets Engerer (2015) as default. Version 1.3.1 adds a solar hour correction option (None, by month, and by day). Version 1.2.6 corrects N14 Direct Normal Irradiation for cases when the original EPWs mismatch solar hour and N13 Global Horizontal Radiation. (Thank you to Igor Catão for pointing this out.) Version 1.2.3 allows morphing to have an incomplete header, lacking ground temperature to proceed even when the EPW fi depths or comments. (e.g., METEONORM EPW files). (Thank you to Daniel Sánchez-García for helping us find this issue.) Version 1.2.2 prevents crashing when EPW files have additional empty lines at the end of the file. (Thank you to Rachel Herling for reporting the issue.) Version 1.2.1 fixes a minor bug that prevented spatial interpolation when the location of EPW files matched one of the model grid lines. (Thank you to Xinyi Li for warning us about the bug.) Version 0.5.6 allows the app to be run as a terminal or command line instruction.
‘Future Weather Generator PT Ed.‘ version 0.1.4 (37,4 MB in size). This edition only covers Portugal’s mainland and uses WRF regional climate model data.
Version 0.1.4 adds the possibility of running the app as a terminal or command line instruction. Version 0.1.3 fixes reading non-UTF8 encoding EPW files. Version 0.1.2 resolves the compatibility issue when loading EPW files in DesignBuilder.
Source code
The source code of the app can be found in the Bitbucket repository:
'Future Weather Generator' (World) https://bitbucket.org/cling-project/futureweathergenerator 'Future Weather Generator PT Ed.' (Portugal) https://bitbucket.org/cling-project/futureweathergenerator_portugal
Publication
If you use our software, please consider citing our software and our publication:
Rodrigues E, Fernandes MS, Carvalho D, Future weather generator for building performance research: An open-source morphing tool and an application. Building and Environment, 2023; 233:110104. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.110104.
Disclaimer
The software is provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement. In no event shall the authors or copyright holders be liable for any claim, damages or other liability, whether in an action of contract, tort or otherwise,arising from, out of or in connection with the software or the use or other dealings in the software.
Licensing
'Future Weather Generator' by Eugénio Rodrigues, David Carvalho, and Marco S. Fernandes is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Share Alike license). CC BY-NC-SA: This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. If you remix, adapt, or build upon the material, you must license the modified material under identical terms.