Shade Cloth Transmission and Solar Heat

Multiplies glazing and cloth transmission to the light the crop actually receives.

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Finds the shade percentage that lands on the crop target, and prices the solar heat removed. A 50% cloth under 65% glazing passes 32.5%, and two layers pass a quarter rather than nothing.

system transmission = glazing transmission x (1 - shade fraction), multiplied again per layer; inside DLI = outdoor DLI x system transmission; solar removed = (glazed - shaded) intensity x floor area.

Cloth manufacturer transmission data measured on the installed fabric, and the crop's own DLI requirement, govern.

Public arithmetic; transmission percentages are published by cloth manufacturers.

Estimate. AHJ and licensed professional govern.

Field names used by the API: outdoor_dli, glazing_transmission_pct, shade_pct, target_dli, outdoor_peak_btuh_per_sqft, floor_area_sqft, system_transmission_pct, inside_dli, required_shade_pct, two_layer_dli, two_layer_share_of_target_pct, glazed_btuh_per_sqft, solar_removed_btuh, solar_removed_tons

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