Weather data denoted
“ASHRAE IWEC”, “IWEC” or “IWC” in the Carrier simulation weather library is
International Weather Year for Energy Calculations data developed by
ASHRAE. Carrier has licensed IWEC data
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a converted format that is only suitable for use with Carrier Hourly Analysis
Program (HAP) and Chiller System Optimizer software (.HW1 format).
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of IWEC data available to users at no cost via this Carrier web site.
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Conditioning Engineers, Inc.,
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