Home energy savings are made in the shade

Thursday, May 7, 2009 - 05:49 in Mathematics & Economics

Trees positioned to shade the west and south sides of a house may decrease summertime electric bills by 5 percent on average, according to a recent study of California homes by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...

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