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Landscape Properly

Proper landscaping not only increases the attractiveness of a facility, but also decreases energy consumption in smaller, low-rise buildings. Trees, planted near their mature size, provide shade for low, east- or west-facing windows. Both trees and shrubs control glare from neighboring buildings, shade parking lots, reduce the temperature of the pavement, and lower the temperature around a building. Plants control and funnel breezes into ventilated portions of buildings where the direction and speed of the prevailing winds are dependable.