<html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=blue style='word-wrap: break-word;-khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space'> <div class=Section1> Hi Felipe,   Have you had a look at the BASESIMP algorithm implemented in ESP-r? This application deals with three-dimensional heat losses through basement and slab on ground structures from buildings.   This method of connecting the building to soil uses a method developed from MOORE to estimate the yearly ground temperature profile beneath a building. Unfortunately I do not know for which depth!   The Reference to this Model: Glenn Moore: Report for R-2000 Homes Program for Energy, Mines, and Resources Canada. Report Title: "Soil temperature estimation method". July 7th 1986   The calculation process is also used in the source code of ESP-r: <a href="http://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/branches/development_branch/src/esrubld/ground_temp_mains.F">http://esp-r.net/espr/esp-r/branches/development_branch/src/esrubld/ground_temp_mains.F</a>   I hope this helps!   Best Wishes, Florian     <div> <img width=556 height=7 src="cid:image001.gif@01C7BD53.27CDEA50" alt=" ">Florian STIFT Research Assistant Centre for Energy and the Environment University of Exeter Tel:  +44 (0) 1392 264145 Fax: +44 (0) 1392 264143 E-mail:  <a href="mailto:f.stift@exeter.ac.uk">f.stift@exeter.ac.uk</a> Web:  <a href="http://www.ex.ac.uk/cee">www.ex.ac.uk/cee</a> </div> -----Original Message----- From: esp-r-bounces@lists.strath.ac.uk [mailto:esp-r-bounces@lists.strath.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Felipe Durán Sent: 02 July 2007 16:42 To: esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk Subject: [esp-r] ground temperature profile   Dear all, <div>   <div> I am trying to model the effect of the ground in a wine cellar at Valparaiso, Chile. </div> <div> Does anybody knows how to calculate the monthly ground temperatures (1.5m. depth) to add a new ground temperature profile? </div> <div> Arethe monthly ground temperatures equivalent to the external mean monthly temperatures? </div> <div>   </div> <div> Thanks in advance, </div> <div>   <div> <div> Felipe Duran Palma </div> <div> Arquitecto PUC, MPhil. U. Cambridge. </div> <div>   </div> <div> DA4 ARQUITECTOS LTDA. </div> <div> Obispo Donoso 5 oficina 62-Providencia </div> <div> T(562) 3431868 -C(56) 92192551 </div> <div> <a href="mailto:fduran@cantab.net">fduran@cantab.net</a> </div> <div> www.da4.cl </div> <img border=0 width=588 height=80 src="cid:image002.jpg@01C7BD53.27CDEA50"> <div>   </div> <div> Nota: Los tildes han sido omitidos intencionalmente. <div>   </div> <div>   </div> <div>   </div> </div> </div>   </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>