diff --git a/pollination_handlers/inputs/wea.py b/pollination_handlers/inputs/wea.py
index f23874b..be26936 100644
--- a/pollination_handlers/inputs/wea.py
+++ b/pollination_handlers/inputs/wea.py
@@ -91,3 +91,47 @@ def _wea_file_name(wea_obj):
         dts = (DateTime(1, 1, 0), DateTime(12, 11, 23))
     wea_obj.location.city = ''.join(i for i in wea_obj.location.city if ord(i) < 128)
     return '{}_{}_{}'.format(wea_obj.location.city, dts[0].int_hoy, dts[-1].int_hoy)
+
+
+def epw_or_wea_handler_timestep_annual_check(wea_obj):
+    """Translate an EPW or Wea object to check annual/timestep criteria, 
+    but return the original input object/path, e.g., if the input is a path to
+    an epw file, return that path after checking the criteria.
+
+        Args:
+            wea_obj: Either a Wea python object, an EPW object, or the path to a
+            wea or an epw file.
+
+        Returns:
+            Either a EPW or Wea file.
+    """
+    if isinstance(wea_obj, str):
+        if not os.path.isfile(wea_obj):
+            raise ValueError('Invalid file path: %s' % wea_obj)
+        if wea_obj.lower().endswith('.wea'):
+            check_wea = Wea.from_file(wea_obj)
+            result = wea_obj
+        elif wea_obj.lower().endswith('.epw'):
+            check_wea = Wea.from_epw_file(wea_obj)
+            result = wea_obj
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                'File path should end with wea or epw not %s' % wea_obj.split('.')[-1]
+            )
+    elif isinstance(wea_obj, EPW):
+        check_wea = wea_obj.to_wea()
+        result = wea_obj
+    elif isinstance(wea_obj, Wea):
+        check_wea = wea_obj
+        file_path = get_tempfile('wea', _wea_file_name(wea_obj))
+        result = wea_obj.write(file_path)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(
+            'Wea input should be a string, a Wea object, or an EPW object. '
+            'Not {}.'.format(type(wea_obj))
+        )
+
+    assert check_wea.timestep == 1, 'Wea timestep must be 1 for this recipe.'
+    assert check_wea.is_annual, 'Wea must be annual for this recipe.'
+
+    return result
diff --git a/pollination_handlers/outputs/daylight.py b/pollination_handlers/outputs/daylight.py
index 044c3bf..982cabc 100644
--- a/pollination_handlers/outputs/daylight.py
+++ b/pollination_handlers/outputs/daylight.py
@@ -216,3 +216,19 @@ def read_hourly_continuous_collection_from_json(json_path):
         data = json.load(json_file)
     datacollection = HourlyContinuousCollection.from_dict(data)
     return datacollection
+
+
+def read_csv_summary_formatted(summary_csv):
+    """Read a CSV file and return a list of formatted summary lists."""
+    if not os.path.isfile(summary_csv):
+        raise ValueError('Invalid file path: %s' % summary_csv)
+
+    results = []
+    with open(summary_csv) as csv_file:
+        reader = csv.DictReader(csv_file)
+        for row in reader:
+            row_results = []
+            for key, value in row.items():
+                row_results.append('{}: {}'.format(key, value))
+            results.append(row_results)
+    return results