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Odd, but I've never seen the use of deciduous trees on the south side of a home mentioned as an energy regulating device. They block the sun in the summer and l
by miked 17y ago
Odd, but I've never seen the use of deciduous trees on the south side of a home mentioned as an energy regulating device. They block the sun in the summer and let it thru in the winter. Simple and effective, and nice to look at, tho someone has to clean up the leaves.
- Mz 17y agoI'm not really a hacker. I'm really a wannabe urban planner/environmental studies major whose life got sidetracked by a health crisis and divorce. I imagine lots of folks in other places I hang out would have heard of this -- but, yes, it's sort of an 'old fashioned' thing and a lot of old fashioned ideas are either 'forgotten' or viewed as inferior to our modern gizmos.