Useful shadow: A new independent metric to evaluate the overshadowing buildings

This study addresses the lack of a standardized method for assessing shadow quality in building performance (BP) influenced by shading creators (ShC). The Useful Shadow (USh) metric is introduced, implemented in Python, and compatible with tools like Ladybug, providing a unified framework for evalua...

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Main Authors: Niloofar Hashemi, Morteza Rahbar, Shahin Heidari, Parinaz Mansourimajoumerd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-01-01
Series:Solar Energy Advances
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667113124000366