Aurora uses a variety of data sources to run shading and performance analyses. They are the following:
Weather Data sources:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory - TMY3, PSM V3
- DNV - Solcast
- Canadian Engineering Climate Services Unit - CWEC
- ASHRAE - International Weather for Energy Calculations, v 2.0
Horizon Shading Data is based on data from Mapzen and OpenStreetMap. Aurora uses the elevation data to create a horizon profile for shade analysis: