Barn Orientation The first freestall barn design criteria to consider should be the orientation of the structure. Barns with a north-south orientation are exposed to greater solar radiation than barns with an east-west orientation. Sunlight enters north-south oriented barns directly in the morning and afternoon. While afternoon sun is the most detrimental, morning sun also can affect cow behavi...

Crop rows oriented at a right angle to sunlight direction (i.e., east–west within the winter cropping system in Western Australia) may suppress weed growth through greater shading of weeds in the interrow spaces. This was investigated in the districts of Merredin and Beverley, Western Australian (latitudes of 31u and 32uS) from 2002 to 2005 (four trials). Winter grain crops (wheat, barley, cano...

Energy consumption is a very important topic these days especially regarding air conditioning in residential buildings, since this takes the biggest amount of energy in buildings total consumption, residential buildings constitute the biggest percentage of energy consumption in Bahrain. This research reflects on the effects of shading percentage in different solar orientations on the energy con...