California study shows shade trees reduce summertime electricity use
Monday, January 5, 2009 - 13:35
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.
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