California Study Shows Shade Trees Reduce Summertime Electricity Use
Monday, January 5, 2009 - 16:42
in Mathematics & Economics
A recent study shows that shade trees on the west and south sides of a house in California can reduce a homeowner's summertime electric bill by about $25.00 a year. The study, conducted last year on 460 single-family homes in Sacramento, is the first large-scale study to use utility billing data to show that trees can reduce energy consumption.