Ideal Eave Depth (from top of window to edge of Eave)
2.07m
Top Window Winter Shade (from top of window down)
1.05m
Notes:
The Ideal Eave Depth includes everything that contributes to shade across the window (i.e. gutters) during Summer.
The Top Window Winter Shade is the space at the top of the window to the Eave itself which will be always in shade throughout the year. Ideally this should be wall or other high R-Value material (compared to the glazing) as during Winter you will always loose heat through this area of glass as it will be cooler than the glazing in the Winter Sun. Although if you have a horizontal louvre as your eaves you will have Solar access to this section in Winter.
The algorithm works on the principal that you are looking for complete Summer sun shade during the hottest part of the day (2 hours either side of solar mid day) during the whole of Summer - so the eave depth will be deeper than other calculators which only provide part shade during Summer.
Of course if you have external shading (be it trees or roof lines) obscuring the Sun for other parts of the day, you may not need such a deep Eave.
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