Average shade provision cast by a large coniferous and a large deciduous tree placed five meters from a prototypical residential structure in four U.S. cities during the cooling season, peak of the cooling season, and the heating season. Only east to west aspects are shown. Each value is the average of daily cumulative shade coverage over the duration of the season. Minimum and maximum shade provision values for each season are denoted with bold text.
| Deciduous tree shade (m2) | Coniferous tree shade (m2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooling season | Peak cooling | Heating season | Cooling season | Peak cooling | Heating season | |
| Minneapolis, MN | ||||||
| E | 455.1 | 458.3 | 156.5 | 466.8 | 463.9 | 324.5 |
| SE | 252.4 | 221.7 | 237.3 | 202.9 | 174.9 | 449.3 |
| S | 282.7 | 251.6 | 304.4 | 158.3 | 130.3 | 533.1 |
| SW | 246.4 | 219.4 | 235.2 | 190.2 | 159.1 | 440.1 |
| W | 419.4 | 426.6 | 154.5 | 367.3 | 363.0 | 311.7 |
| Indianapolis, IN | ||||||
| E | 415.4 | 431.9 | 145.6 | 422.7 | 414.8 | 312.1 |
| SE | 246.8 | 149.0 | 202.6 | 205.2 | 111.8 | 424.6 |
| S | 277.6 | 168.8 | 259.2 | 156.8 | 65.2 | 499.7 |
| SW | 244.6 | 144.6 | 202.0 | 197.6 | 105.4 | 420.6 |
| W | 403.0 | 423.4 | 148.9 | 384.6 | 372.7 | 317.7 |
| Charlotte, NC | ||||||
| E | 417.0 | 445.8 | 119.3 | 418.6 | 444.8 | 316.2 |
| SE | 187.0 | 98.1 | 205.8 | 148.2 | 60.2 | 456.6 |
| S | 195.9 | 91.6 | 255.1 | 95.2 | 21.7 | 514.0 |
| SW | 188.5 | 93.7 | 199.7 | 143.4 | 57.0 | 439.9 |
| W | 411.0 | 434.1 | 121.3 | 403.8 | 406.9 | 317.0 |
| Orlando, FL | ||||||
| E | 298.9 | 381.0 | 91.7 | 367.9 | 383.2 | 304.7 |
| SE | 143.6 | 85.4 | 173.5 | 214.8 | 89.6 | 495.1 |
| S | 144.7 | 65.3 | 215.3 | 180.4 | 27.8 | 573.0 |
| SW | 140.7 | 80.7 | 172.9 | 205.4 | 88.0 | 477.6 |
| W | 301.0 | 382.1 | 96.2 | 375.7 | 399.3 | 298.7 |
Note: U.S. study locations: Minneapolis, Minnesota (MN); Indianapolis, Indiana (IN); Charlotte, North Carolina (NC); and Orlando, Florida (FL).