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Homeowners who want to
save money on their utility
bills can take a few tips from
their grandparents,
Before technology deliv-
ered us from the discomforts
of our climate, people used
natural methods for cooling
their houses in the,. summer
and conserving the heat they
had in the cold months.
The natural ways they
used are still available, and
they are inexpensive and
easy to accomplish.
The American association
',of Nurserymen points out
Ihree smart things home-
owners can do to use their
energy supplies wisely
around the house.
First, make the heating and
cooling systems work as effi-
ciently as possible, and use
them conservatively.
Second, use other energy
sources such as sun and
wind.
Third, take steps to reduce
energy needs in the home by
controlling the effects of cli-
mate on the house itself.
Trees and other landscape
plantings can help do all
these things.
These are methods our
grandparents used. They
opened their windows on hot
'days and let cool breezes run
through the house.
These breezes were nicely
channeled by thick hedges
planted in the right places.
Big leafy shade trees were
located where they rained
shade on the house to keep it
cool and comfortable during
the summer.
Even in modern houses
homeowners can create their
own energy-saving mini-cli-
mate which will help save
money and energy, and will
enhance the value of the
property..
Proper landscaping with
trees, bushes, shrubs, ever-
greens and other plantings
requires just good common
sense and a little professional
advice from a local nursery
garden center or landscape
firm. Some mail order nurs-
ery catalogs give excellent
advice on this subject.
Shade trees, for example,
are among nature's most effi-
cient climate controllers. In
the summer, their big leafy
umbrellas provide a cooling
shade in or around a house.
They also give off cooling
vapor through transpiration.
In winter, they drop their
leaves and allow the warming
effects of the sun to come
through. Shade trees planted
on the west and south sides of
a' house are most effective.
The large variety of ivies,
such as the popular English
Ivy, has a similar effect for
climate control when planted
on masonry walls (or on a
trellis close to a wooden
house). They help block out
the direct Sun rays and the
leaves set up a convection
current behind them to draw
away hot air.
In winter, ivy growing on
wind-exposed walls serves as
a natural insulator against
chilling winds and, reduces
heat loss from inside.
In seasons when tempera-
tures are low, a windbreak of
evergreens on the north and
west sides of a house serves
to break up cold winds.
It takes twice as much fuel
to heat a house at an outside
temperature of 32-degrees F.
with a wind of 12 miles per
hour as it does for the same
temperature with, wind at
three miles per hour. So a
windbreak of trees which can
diminish the impact of a win-
ter wind is going to make a
substantial difference in the
amount of heating energy re-
quired, Reliable tests have
shown this difference can be
greater than a 30% economy
in the amount of heating fuel
needed.
These windbreaks are gen-
erally best located on the
north and west sides of a
house-v-the winclivard side,
A double or triple row of
trees will achieve the greatest
reductions in wind-chill and
the accompanying use of
heating energy.
The trees will do their best
job if they are growing a dis-
tance from the house that is
equal to about 11/2 to 21/2
times the height of the struc-
ture they are protecting. (For
example, if the building is 20
feet high, the windbreak
would be 30 to 50 feet away
from it.)
Smart, planting to create an
energy-saving
mate" means the furnace and
the air conditioner don't have
to work so- hard, and that
means a lot to the family bud-
get.
TREES CAN SAVE WINTER FUEL COSTS . . . It takes
twice as much fuel to heat a house at an outside tem-
perature of 32 degrees with a wind of 12 miles an hour,
as it does for the same temperature with a wind of only
three miles an hour. A barrier of evergreens that cuts
the force of the wind makes a substantial difference in
heating energy required. Tests reported by the Ameri-
can Association of Nurserymen show the difference
can be greater than 30 percent with trees properly
placed as shown here on the north and west sides of the
property.
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