A beach umbrella is often a necessity for spending hours lounging in the hot sun on the Grand Strand’s sandy beaches — but they can cause injury and death. Coastal cities, such as Myrtle Beach and ...

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — After last week’s Horry County Council vote to not allow wind-driven shading devices a trial run on the county’s unincorporated beaches, a family visiting Myrtle Beach ...

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) - Beachgoers will not see a controversial piece of beach equipment on unincorporated Horry County beaches, at least for now. Tuesday night, Horry County Council did not pass ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - Law enforcement has been educating beachgoers on the umbrella-only policy since it came out in 2014. Officers issued nearly 2,000 ordinance violations to beachgoers using ...

Following the recommendation of public safety officials, Myrtle Beach City Council intends to continue its ban on wind-driven shading devices during the peak tourist season. "Our goal is to ensure ...

LONDON--(Marketwired - May 20, 2013) - Sefaira, a cloud-based energy analysis software company helping the building industry design and retrofit buildings for energy efficiency and sustainability, ...

An international research group has conducted a comprehensive review of all designs and control strategies for PV-integrated shading devices (PVSDs), in order to help bring the technology closer to ...

Answer: Movable insulation is a general term for the use of indoor shading devices that you can control to block the sun or let it in when you want it. Examples are curtains, shutters, shades or other ...