How Do You Make A Landscape Cooler?
Not only is it ‘cool’ to have a great looking landscape, but using some design and construction tips you can cool down your garden in the heat of the summer. Here are some suggestions on how to make a landscape cooler. Step 1 jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/5056450/P3150021_Full.jpg’); }); Trees will cool a landscape Create as much shade as you can. Not only is it delightful to relax in the cool of a shady tree, but the more you filter out the build up of heat from the sun, the cooler your whole landscape – and home – will be. Solar energy is absorbed by concrete, dark colors and even bare earth creating what the Green building Council calls the “Heat Island Effect”. A result of the daytime heat storage is that the warmth is slowly released after sundown radiating yet more heat into the air during evening hours. Step 2 The ideal is to shade 70% of your landscape with some sort of
