Shade Construction

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Create an EnergyPlus shade construction. Note that Shade objects in EnergyPlus do not have layers and are only defined by their exterior reflectance.
Inputs
name
Text to set the name for the Construction and to be incorporated into a unique Construction identifier. 
sol_ref
A number between 0 and 1 for the solar reflectance of the construction. Default: 0.2. 
vis_ref
A number between 0 and 1 for the visible reflectance of the construction. Default: 0.2. 
specular
A boolean to note whether the reflection off the shade should be diffuse (False) or specular (True). Set to True if the construction is representing a glass facade or a mirror material. Default: False. 
Outputs
constr
A shade construction that can be assigned to Honeybee Shades or ConstructionSets. 

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