Patent ID: 8028691

Claim:
A solar wire screen for an edifice, comprising: a plurality of rods vertically arranged parallel to one another on a back side of the wire screen adjacent an edifice; and a plurality of wires horizontally arranged parallel to one another on a front side of the wire screen, each of the wires at least including— a first edge attached to the rods, a second edge opposite the first edge and disposed away from the rods, a first surface extending from the second edge and facing upward at a first acute angle from a vertical line passing adjacent the rods, a second surface extending from the second edge and facing downward at a second acute angle from the vertical line, the second acute angle being greater than the first acute angle, and a third surface extending from the first surface to the first edge and facing upward at a third angle obtuse to the vertical line, the first surface passively reflecting at least a portion of the solar energy incident thereto away from the front side of the wire screen when the sun has a summer elevation on the horizon, the first surface passively reflecting at least a portion of the solar energy incident thereto toward the second surface of an adjacent wire when the sun has a winter elevation on the horizon, the second surface passively reflecting at least a portion of the solar energy incident thereto toward the edifice on the back side of the wire screen, the third surface reflecting at least a portion of thermal radiation incident thereto back away from the back side of the wire screen.