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| HOW CAN I SAVE ENERGY? |
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| LANDSCAPING |
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| A well-designed landscape not only can add beauty to your home but it also can reduce your heating and cooling costs |
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| Growing trees around your home reduces heat energy a great deal. Typically, newly planted trees will begin shading windows in their first year and will reach your roof in years 5-10. |
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| Why pay for so much for fans and air conditioners? |
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| Be trendy. Grow trees and see the difference for yourself. The following graph indicates the ambient temperature difference in two houses in the suburbs of Colombo , one shaded by trees and the other on a bare land. |
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| Your overall landscaping strategy should depend on the zonal climate. A house in Nuwara Eliya and a house in Anuradhapura will need different landscaping strategies. |
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| Planting shrubs, bushes, and vines next to your house creates dead air spaces that insulate your home. Plant so there will be at least 1 foot (30 centimeters) of space between full-grown plants and your home's wall. |
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