Shading & Redirecting Sunlight

Shading is an important set of strategies for visual comfort

and thermal comfort. As such, successful shading is
measured by the overall success of visual and thermal
comfort.
Shading strategies include overhangs, louvers, and vertical fins. Light
redirection strategies include light shelves and baffles. All of these
strategies can be external to the building or internal, and can be fixedposition or adjustable. Some elements both shade and redirect light at the
same time. Both thermal comfort and visual comfort should be considered
simultaneously when designing these elements, as they affect both.
Shades can keep the heat and glare of direct sun from coming through
windows, while still allowing diffuse light and views to enter. They can also
keep direct sunlight off of walls or roofs, to reduce cooling loads. Interior
shades do not block solar heat gain, but can block glare and even-out light
distribution.