def METHOD_NAME(tsd, output_folder, basename):
    """ this function is to write a full report to an ``*.xls`` file containing all intermediate and final results of a
    single building thermal loads calculation"""
    df = pd.DataFrame(tsd)
    # Create a Pandas Excel writer using XlsxWriter as the engine.
    #timestamp = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S')
    #output_path = os.path.join(output_folder,"%(basename)s-%(timestamp)s.xls" % locals())
    output_path = os.path.join(output_folder, "%(basename)s.xls" % locals())
    writer = pd.ExcelWriter(output_path, engine='xlwt')
    df.to_excel(writer, na_rep='NaN')
    # Close the Pandas Excel writer and output the Excel file.
    writer.save()
    writer.close()