
Why Architects Put TREES on Buildings - #33
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The Benefits of Adding Trees to Your Building
The benefits of adding trees are numerous, frankly. They can help shade and cool structures down. You get some evaporative cooling that goes with having trees around or on your building. That can help to reduce solar gain, which is the amount of sunlight coming into your building through windows. It generates cost savings, particularly if your building is used over an extended period of time as compared to a conventional building. Also proven to have a positive impact on mental health.
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