Hi all, I am a graduate student in architecture and I am working on my research. Currently, I am using the Shade Construction component, and I noticed that the component is defined with reflectivity as an input, so does the component take into account the transmittance of translucent materials? Where is the transmittance input? Would very much like someone to address my doubts, thanks!
yibo
hi @yibo, and welcome.
maybe this post might be useful to you.
p.s. that is some funky GH UI you have there
Thank you very much, I read the post you recommended but couldn’t find a match. Oh, by the way, the GH UI was changed to a funky background with the “moonlight1-0” plugin.
That is because my link was wrong 
I edited the previous comment with the correct link now.
Thank you for your prompt reply.I read the post you recommended and he didn’t mention how to add thermal parameters to the shading material. My purpose is to add thermodynamic parameters for energy simulation for an exterior shade facility, and it’s worth stating that this exterior shade is again a translucent material. the Shade Construction component defines the inputs in terms of reflectance, after adding reflectance, is there still a certain amount of transmittance left in this exterior shade material? If so, is the transmittance value equal to 1 minus the input reflectance value? Thanks.
yibo
I sent that post because it explains how you can add translucency to the shading element.
Using the ep_trans_sch_ input, you can add a schedule with the translucency value that you need. If you want that to be constant you can make a schedule with one value for each hour.
The shading element does not take any thermal construction input. If you want detailed surface temperatures for a specific construction, you will have to make a zone, instead of a shading.
Not sure what your research question is, but I would say that most of the time, a simple shading element with set reflecitvity is good enough.
Thank you very much for your reply, I think I have gotten the key information from the information you recommended. Thanks again!