California study shows shade trees reduce summertime electricity use
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 06:43
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...