Trees around homes and residential areas improve the quality of life by providing shade, beauty and noise reduction. Maintaining the health of these trees is important. During new construction, home owners may have questions about which trees and shrubs to plant/preserve, call us for guidance. Also for owners with existing homes we are happy to assist you with planting recomendations or plant care recomendations to suit your needs.
Here are some interesting facts to note when planting vegetation around your home when you are trying to save heating/cooling costs.
1)A row of evergreens on the north, northwest side of your home and deciduous trees planted on the southeast and southwest corner of your home may reduce heating/cooling costs by 20-25% 1.
2)One large tree will produce a cooling effect to equate itself with 10 room sized air conditioners operating 24 hours a day.2
3)Shading an air conditioner will increase its efficiency by 10%.
1 American Forests, How Trees Fight Climate Change, 1999.
2 USDA Forest Service Pamphlet #FS-363
