concerned with the environment?

Trees in Philadelphia's Carroll Park Photo:PHS
Trees strategically located around a building can reduce the amount of cooling energy consumption by up to 50% and provide the equivalent of $5,400,000 in the air-pollution removal annually.1

 

 

 

 The Schuylkill River Photo:PHS

 

Parks that contain concentrated stands of “trees and the soil under them act as natural filters for water pollution. Their leaves, trunks, roots, and associated soil remove polluted particulate matter from the water before it reaches storm sewers.”2

 

 

 

 

 

1Urban Forestry and the Ecocity, Michigan State University
2 Sherer, Paul M.,White Paper “The Benefits of Parks: Why America Needs More City Parks and Open Space” Published by The Trust For Public Land. 2006.

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