Lower Utility Bills with Landscaping

If you want to lower your utility bills do a survey of your landscaping. To do this you need a compass to determine which way your house faces and little understanding of how the earth turns on its axis. The sun rises and sets in different places for each season. In the summer the sun rises in the Northeast and sets in the Northwest. The hottest sun comes from the West at about 3 pm in the summer.

By winter the earth has turned and at that time the sun rises in the Southeast and sets in the Southwest. The warmest winter sun comes from the south from 9 am to 3 pm.

Landscaping to lower utility bills is most enhanced when you have a tree shielding the house from hot afternoon sun on the west side of your house. Depending on where you live, the and the size of your yard, you might want a couple nice shade trees on the west side of the house.