Placing mulch around trees in urban areas provides numerous benefits. Mulching emulates a duff layer, a layer of organic material that accumulates as leaves fall every year in natural forests. Mulch provides organic material to the soil …
Energy Conservation & Tree Planting: Tips for Renters
Living in an apartment or renting a home does not preclude citizens from helping their communities conserve energy with trees. Apartment dwellers and renters have numerous opportunities to advocate, organize, and implement community forestry projects that help with energy conservation.
Tree Establishment in the Urban Environment Video Series
Staking and guying are used to stabilize recently transplanted trees until their roots grow into the surrounding soil. In this video, Arnold Brodbeck looks at the factors that necessitate staking and guying and provides guidelines on how to select, install, …
Urban Forestry Video Series New Release!
Trees provide more than just beauty or a source of wood products. Rather, trees provide an assortment of economic, environmental, psychological and social benefits to humans. Energy savings are one such highly valued benefit or service urban trees provide. Did …
A Regional View of Invasive Plants
How does what I do in my yard, on my land and in my garden affect what plants invade our forests and grasslands? What has happened on the land where you live (its history of use), and what you plant …
Urban Forestry & Energy Conservation Bibliography
UFEC Reference List
Akbari, H., Taha, H. 1992. The Impact of Trees and White Surfaces on Residential Heating and Cooling Energy Use in Four Canadian Cities. Energy, 17(2), 141-149.
Abstract: We have investigated the potential of using vegetation …
Urban Forest Strike Teams
The UFST (Urban Forest Strike Team) project, a disaster response and recovery effort initiated by the Urban & Community Forestry programs in Virginia and North Carolina in 2007, and supported by the Southern Group of State Foresters (USDA FS Region …
Tree Planting for Lower Power Bills
Whether it is winter or summer, trees can help you save energy at home.
Shade for Savings
Did you know that only 17% shade over your house during the day translates to a savings of 10 dollars a month on …
Christmas Trees: Pros and Cons of Live or Artificial Trees
Trees ready for Christmas at a tree farm in North Carolina.
Until their time comes to grace homes with ornaments and shade presents, a natural, or live, Christmas tree will help purify groundwater, stabilize the soil, recycle air, and serve …
How do trees and other vegetation affect urban mesoclimates and microclimates?
Vegetation affects urban mesoclimate and microclimate by intercepting solar radiation, directing air movement, and affecting air temperature. Microclimate, mesoclimate and macroclimate can be used to describe the climate of a given location. Macroclimate covers hundreds of square miles and parameters …