Awnings: a simple cooling tech we apparently forgot about
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An awning intercepts sunlight before it crosses the glass. The presenter compares overhangs with lowering the solar heat gain coefficient of south-facing windows in a model. Orientation and glazing are conditions of that result.
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the solar heat gain coefficient.a lower SHGC dropped cooling demand a pretty similar amount to adding overhangs.