A method and system for performing quality control checks upon weather
data are provided. The weather data includes information pertaining to a
plurality of weather parameters. The quality control checks may identify
inaccurate weather parameters or be used to rank weather data sets. The
quality control checks include hourly, daily, and forecast quality
control checks performed upon hourly, daily, and forecast weather
parameter data. The method and system may exclude the inaccurate weather
parameters identified from a reasonable weather database. The method and
system may determine reasonable or approximate weather parameters that
approximate the actual weather parameters. The system may rank a
plurality of weather data sets based upon the accuracy determination. The
reasonable weather data or the weather data ranked as the most accurate
may be used to calculate energy or cost savings for building energy
conservation measures.