Tree Planting Strategies
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Tree placement for passive cooling/shading
YouTube Channel Name:
Building The New
Video Title:
Passive Heating & Cooling: Using Trees and Vegetation
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A simple tree can result in energy savings. Trees can cool the surrounding environment by direct shade, blocking any sunlight from hitting walls, windows, and roofs. Trees can also undergo evapotranspiration which can also cool down the surrounding air temperature.
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Deciduous trees for seasonal efficiency
YouTube Channel Name:
Building The New
Video Title:
How to Plant Trees to Cool Your Home
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Deciduous trees lose their leaves in the fall, and grow them back after the winter. This leads to natural cooling and heating periods for your house. During the winter, the bare branches of deciduous trees allow sunlight to shine through to your house for passive heating. During the summer, deciduous trees will grow back their leaves and block sunlight for passive cooling.
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Windbreaks for reducing heating needs
YouTube Channel Name:
slowhome
Video Title:
Permaculture Tree Windbreaks - all you need to know!
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Windbreaks are a linear planting of trees and shrubs designed to slow and impede wind. If planted near houses, windbreaks can reduce windchill and lessen the impacts of cool winds cooling down your house.