They also provide shade from the sun, so they reduce cooling costs in summer.
VOA: special.2009.09.08
They provide windbreaks and shade from the sun.
VOA: special.2009.09.01
About 25 km from Palomino, 30 minutes by bus, is the Quebrada Valencia park, where bamboo forests, enormous banyan trees and an impressive series of cascades provide shadefrom the oppressive heat.
The rake of the auditorium seating is just as generous, and the stained-plywood walls cut into loosely rearranged jigsaw pieces shade pleasantly from honey hues at the back to dark mahogany at the stage's edge, a playful spatial echo of the houselights dimming.