Slash Your Energy Bill with Smart Landscaping

With temperatures rising in many parts of the world—air conditioning season!—it's good to know some cheap tricks for lowering energy costs. Energy.gov offers this infographic with helpful landscaping tips that can make a surprisingly big difference on your budget.P

Planting a shade tree on your property, for example, can help insulate your home both in the summer and winter and cut your utility bill by as much as 25 percent. No room for a tree? Even groundcover can cool the air before it gets to your home, and you can conserve water by letting your grass grow a little taller than normal.P

Here's the full energy saver graphic:P

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Energy Saver 1010 Infographic: Landscaping | Energy.gov via CleanTechnicaP