Save 40% or More on Your Energy Bills!

Here's an article from a supplier that may help some of you with add on services. Everyone hates high power bills so here is a way to help your customers and yourself.

Save 40% or More on Your Energy Bills!

You may be surprised at how much money you can save by planting a few, well-placed shade trees. In fact, a simple shade tree may be your most cost effective, energy savings powerhouse.

Planting shade trees on the southwest side of your home can save you lots of money. According to a 1993 study, annual savings in a typical home ranged from 13% in Madison, Wisconsin to 38% in Miami, Florida. Estimates suggest that planting just three trees for every un-shaded home could save over $2 billion in energy costs annually! Utilities have actually started programs to give away trees to cut home energy use.

Planting shade trees also reduces costs on our environment. By shading homes and office buildings, trees cut our air conditioning needs up to 30 percent. Burning less fossil fuel helps decrease the greenhouse effect.

Planting trees also cuts the cost of fighting air pollution. They absorb pollutants like sulfur dioxide, ozone, and even particles released from burning fuel. These pollutants are some of the chief contributors to poor air quality. Over a 50-year lifespan, a tree will generate $31,250 worth of oxygen and provide $62,000 worth of air pollution control!

So planting shade trees around your home will most certainly save you money. But we also all receive the added savings in fewer costs to fight pollution and a better place in which to live.