I'm guessing that non-work days are going to be relevant, so knowing/finding holiday data would be important.
\n\nAs the data are from buildings worldwide, is there any possibility of at least getting the country for each building, @claytonmiller or @sohier? Knowing the country would make obtaining and including holiday data more feasible.
", "messages": [ { "id": "650710", "postDate": "10/16/2019 16:03:21", "content": "I'm guessing that non-work days are going to be relevant, so knowing/finding holiday data would be important.
\n\nAs the data are from buildings worldwide, is there any possibility of at least getting the country for each building, @claytonmiller or @sohier? Knowing the country would make obtaining and including holiday data more feasible.
", "rawMarkdown": "I'm guessing that non-work days are going to be relevant, so knowing/finding holiday data would be important.\n\nAs the data are from buildings worldwide, is there any possibility of at least getting the country for each building, @claytonmiller or @sohier? Knowing the country would make obtaining and including holiday data more feasible.", "votes": null }, { "id": "651894", "postDate": "10/18/2019 03:47:20", "content": "Just a guess on my part but I think the buildings only in North America and likely USA only. Go to the DOE web site for USA and it would seem that the data is result of survey's conducted in US.
\n\nSo I will be using USA holidays myself.
", "rawMarkdown": "Just a guess on my part but I think the buildings only in North America and likely USA only. Go to the DOE web site for USA and it would seem that the data is result of survey's conducted in US.\n\nSo I will be using USA holidays myself.", "votes": null }, { "id": "653695", "postDate": "10/20/2019 20:28:38", "content": "Thanks, @pcjimmmy. I'll check that site out, but the reason I was confused is because the \"Data Description\" section for this competition says, \"The dataset includes three years of hourly meter readings from over one thousand buildings at several different sites around the world.\" (bolding is mine)
", "rawMarkdown": "Thanks, @pcjimmmy. I'll check that site out, but the reason I was confused is because the \"Data Description\" section for this competition says, \"The dataset includes three years of hourly meter readings from over one thousand buildings at **several different sites around the world**.\" (bolding is mine)", "votes": null }, { "id": "653714", "postDate": "10/20/2019 21:17:37", "content": "Yep I saw what they said - plot out the temperatures on one year scale. The shape of the curve is very good match to data I have worked with several times over the past decade for USA / Canada. Must admit however, that I only have looked at the summary plot and not done the plot by the 15 sites. Will add that to my todo list.
", "rawMarkdown": "Yep I saw what they said - plot out the temperatures on one year scale. The shape of the curve is very good match to data I have worked with several times over the past decade for USA / Canada. Must admit however, that I only have looked at the summary plot and not done the plot by the 15 sites. Will add that to my todo list.", "votes": null }, { "id": "717338", "postDate": "01/13/2020 03:31:25", "content": "Hey @supermdat - I hope you were able to understand that this type of information couldn't have been shared during the competition by me -- however, the contestants found really innovative ways of finding the locations. Thanks for participating!
", "rawMarkdown": "Hey @supermdat - I hope you were able to understand that this type of information couldn't have been shared during the competition by me -- however, the contestants found really innovative ways of finding the locations. Thanks for participating!", "votes": null } ], "comments": [ { "id": 651894, "author_name": "pcjimmmy", "author_url": "", "post_date": "10/18/2019 03:47:20", "content": "Just a guess on my part but I think the buildings only in North America and likely USA only. Go to the DOE web site for USA and it would seem that the data is result of survey's conducted in US.
\n\nSo I will be using USA holidays myself.
", "votes": null, "replies": [ { "id": 653695, "author_name": "supermdat", "author_url": "", "post_date": "10/20/2019 20:28:38", "content": "Thanks, @pcjimmmy. I'll check that site out, but the reason I was confused is because the \"Data Description\" section for this competition says, \"The dataset includes three years of hourly meter readings from over one thousand buildings at several different sites around the world.\" (bolding is mine)
", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 653714, "author_name": "pcjimmmy", "author_url": "", "post_date": "10/20/2019 21:17:37", "content": "Yep I saw what they said - plot out the temperatures on one year scale. The shape of the curve is very good match to data I have worked with several times over the past decade for USA / Canada. Must admit however, that I only have looked at the summary plot and not done the plot by the 15 sites. Will add that to my todo list.
", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ] }, { "id": 717338, "author_name": "claytonmiller", "author_url": "", "post_date": "01/13/2020 03:31:25", "content": "Hey @supermdat - I hope you were able to understand that this type of information couldn't have been shared during the competition by me -- however, the contestants found really innovative ways of finding the locations. Thanks for participating!
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