6.11.11 Building Shade

This data structure describes trees, adjacent buildings, terrain, and other objects near the proposed building that would shade the building for a significant portion of the year. Exterior shading objects typically have the same properties as surfaces, e.g. the coordinates of the origin, height, width, azimuth, and tilt. They may also have transparency in terms of both SHGC and VT, and the transparency may be varied according to a schedule or algorithm.