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Healthy Trees and Landscapes Help Save Energy. When trees are planted in the right location and receive periodic maintenance, they provide the greatest energy saving benefits. Gretchen Pettis discusses how selecting a site containing healthy soil, sufficient …
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Selecting Diverse Trees for Sustainability of the Urban Environment
Maximize your heating and cooling energy savings with careful tree selection. In this video, Robert Polomski, recommends that deciding what tree to plant is often the most important …
Research into the management of urban trees has shown that the frequency of watering is more important than the quantity …
Staking and guying trees provide wind protection and allow trees to grow straight. Though not always necessary, they are useful in certain …
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 …
One way trees lower urban temperatures is by shading heat-absorbing surfaces. Credit: Priya Jaishanker
Cities contain numerous hard surfaces (concrete, asphalt, metal, and brick) that absorb large quantities of solar radiation (heat) throughout the day, slowly releasing this heat overnight. …
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Cities can be extremely hot during long summer days. Air conditioning is often needed indoors and in cars to offset high temperatures. This heat can discourage people from spending time outdoors and enjoying the city. Urban forests …
A Tampa, Florida neighborhood worked together to replace street trees lost to damage because they understood the many values the trees provided. Credit. Priya Jaishanker
In warmer regions, many people are willing to pay higher prices for homes that contain …
