In the summer, the sun beats down directly overhead, making my kitchen too hot. I love the light my skylight brings in, and I wanted to install a shade to let it in and keep the heat out during those ...

The sun is an inescapable partner in architecture, influencing lighting, energy efficiency, and comfort inside and outside buildings. This influence has become increasingly relevant in the context of ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. When ...

Students will design and build a structure that can block the sun to create a shaded area and will test to see if the shady spot is cooler. Sunlight warms the Earth’s surface. Certain structures are ...

Bid shading is a technique buyers use in first-price auctions to avoid paying too much, and its importance has increased as every major exchange has switched over to a first-price auction. “Bid ...

PowerPoint 2003 adds shading to table cells using the Format menu, which fills cells with a pattern or a solid color. This shading might simply decorate the table or it can make cell text more visible ...

If you're anything like me, you've probably paced around an Ulta Beauty, hoping to look like you know exactly what you're doing while secretly spiraling inside. Most of the time, I spend more energy ...

Users working on small-screen devices like tablets and smartphones find it challenging to find the fields in documents. For this reason, Microsoft Office Word offers a field shading feature that helps ...

Inanimate objects like cars pose less of a challenge, perhaps, but still need that extra bit of attention if they're going to look right. Some vehicular paint textures are very complex and need ...