What types of trees are used to conserve energy?
Deciduous trees, such as red maple, lose all or most of their leaves in fall and winter each year. Deciduous trees are known to be excellent energy conservation trees because they generally grow a large canopy of foliage that can shade a building during the hot summer months, but then lose their leaves during the winter months, allowing the sunlight to warm the building. Evergreen trees, such as slash pines and live oaks, do not lose all of their foliage during the winter. Therefore, they can act as a wind barrier, protecting homes from winter winds (Andreu et al 2008b).
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