Stickies: 60+ Home Energy Saving Tips - Page 4

MetroMPG · 11-26-12, 03:07 PM

Another couple of suggestions:

- plant / maintain trees or shrubbery to provide summer shade. Deciduous trees perhaps better than evergreens since they let some sunlight through in the winter, but not in summer.

- remove portable window a/c units in the winter

- add a link from the tips list to this thread to invite list readers to make more suggestions / comments

- in addition to window awnings, also consider covered porch/verandas designed to block high summer sun, but let low winter sun inside

Piwoslaw · 11-26-12, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MetroMPG

- plant / maintain trees or shrubbery to provide summer shade. Deciduous trees perhaps better than evergreens since they let some sunlight through in the winter, but not in summer.

A wall of evergreens on the north side (northern hemisphere) of the house will help block cold wind in the winter.

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