http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/09/03/landscaping-for-energy-efficiency/ Reporting on Sustainably Built Environments from Bricks to Cities Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:57:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/09/03/landscaping-for-energy-efficiency/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Trula Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:09:54 +0000 http://philipproefrock.greenoptions.com/2007/09/03/landscaping-for-energy-efficiency/#comment-106 This is a great idea and reminder for me, as we intended to plant more trees this year! This is a great idea and reminder for me, as we intended to plant more trees this year!

]]> http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/09/03/landscaping-for-energy-efficiency/comment-page-1/#comment-97605 Trula Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:09:00 +0000 http://philipproefrock.greenoptions.com/2007/09/03/landscaping-for-energy-efficiency/#comment-97605 This is a great idea and reminder for me, as we intended to plant more trees this year! This is a great idea and reminder for me, as we intended to plant more trees this year!

]]> http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/09/03/landscaping-for-energy-efficiency/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Wayne Luke Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:44:07 +0000 http://philipproefrock.greenoptions.com/2007/09/03/landscaping-for-energy-efficiency/#comment-105 Thanks for not just spouting the rhetoric of planting trees on the South and West sides of a house or building. I have to plant trees on the east side of my house. In the mid-summer before noon, that side of the house can be well over 100 degrees. As it is pretty much a blank wall with three windows, it does a good job of getting hit with the sun and absorbing heat. I do have insulation so you can't get the heat through the walls but a hot structure has to add to the heat in the house. The three windows? They are double-pain but you can still feel the heat rolling off them in the morning if you open the insulating drapes. I plan to plant a tree of some kind on that side in the next month or so. Hopefully a fruit-bearing tree. Maybe a peach. I also plan on covering each windoe with low-e film to reflect some of that heat back outside. Thanks for not just spouting the rhetoric of planting trees on the South and West sides of a house or building. I have to plant trees on the east side of my house. In the mid-summer before noon, that side of the house can be well over 100 degrees. As it is pretty much a blank wall with three windows, it does a good job of getting hit with the sun and absorbing heat. I do have insulation so you can’t get the heat through the walls but a hot structure has to add to the heat in the house. The three windows? They are double-pain but you can still feel the heat rolling off them in the morning if you open the insulating drapes. I plan to plant a tree of some kind on that side in the next month or so. Hopefully a fruit-bearing tree. Maybe a peach. I also plan on covering each windoe with low-e film to reflect some of that heat back outside.

]]> http://greenbuildingelements.com/2007/09/03/landscaping-for-energy-efficiency/comment-page-1/#comment-97604 Wayne Luke Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:44:00 +0000 http://philipproefrock.greenoptions.com/2007/09/03/landscaping-for-energy-efficiency/#comment-97604 Thanks for not just spouting the rhetoric of planting trees on the South and West sides of a house or building. I have to plant trees on the east side of my house. In the mid-summer before noon, that side of the house can be well over 100 degrees. As it is pretty much a blank wall with three windows, it does a good job of getting hit with the sun and absorbing heat. I do have insulation so you can't get the heat through the walls but a hot structure has to add to the heat in the house. The three windows? They are double-pain but you can still feel the heat rolling off them in the morning if you open the insulating drapes. I plan to plant a tree of some kind on that side in the next month or so. Hopefully a fruit-bearing tree. Maybe a peach. I also plan on covering each windoe with low-e film to reflect some of that heat back outside. Thanks for not just spouting the rhetoric of planting trees on the South and West sides of a house or building. I have to plant trees on the east side of my house. In the mid-summer before noon, that side of the house can be well over 100 degrees. As it is pretty much a blank wall with three windows, it does a good job of getting hit with the sun and absorbing heat. I do have insulation so you can’t get the heat through the walls but a hot structure has to add to the heat in the house. The three windows? They are double-pain but you can still feel the heat rolling off them in the morning if you open the insulating drapes. I plan to plant a tree of some kind on that side in the next month or so. Hopefully a fruit-bearing tree. Maybe a peach. I also plan on covering each windoe with low-e film to reflect some of that heat back outside.

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