Every home landscaping garden requires energy in various forms to stay healthy and refreshing.
The primary sources of energy that is required in any garden can be categorized as follows: 1) Electricity 2) Sunlight 3) Water 4) Wind energy (optional) You can easily save the consumption of these by little creativity.
Energy saving tip #1 - Instead of using standard electric bulbs in you garden, why not use "solar landscaping lights".
As the name suggests these lights convert solar energy into electrical energy and store it into a battery for future use.
Solar landscaping lights are available in two types.
In the first type the solar cell unit, which converts sunlight into electricity, is attached to the bulb or light source itself.
However this can create some problems if the area where the light source is fixed is under a tree or in an area where there is shadow of the building etc.
That is why second type of solar landscaping lights have been developed where the solar cell can be fixed on the terrace of the building in clear sunshine so that shadows do jot obstruct the solar cells.
Energy saving tip #2 - Areas where there is harsh sunlight and temperatures very high, a simple arrangement can help to retain water tables for a longer time.
All you have to do is observe the direction and path of the Sun in the sky during daytime and plant a row of tall trees to obstruct the direct sunlight.
By planting the tall trees the sunlight gets screened by reducing its intensity.
This will allow a cooler atmosphere formation in the garden resulting is les evaporation of water.
Energy saving tip #3 - The third energy saving tip is called as "rain water harvesting".
In this the rainwater is collected in a reservoir and recycled in the garden again and again.
If the garden plot has a natural slope then you can make use of the natural gravity to simply circulate the water in the entire garden by creating channels through which the water can flow and percolate into the areas where green vegetation is present.
These were just a few ideas to save energy in a home landscaping garden.
You can easily come up with lot more ideas using creativity.
Copyright Shrinivas Vaidya
The primary sources of energy that is required in any garden can be categorized as follows: 1) Electricity 2) Sunlight 3) Water 4) Wind energy (optional) You can easily save the consumption of these by little creativity.
Energy saving tip #1 - Instead of using standard electric bulbs in you garden, why not use "solar landscaping lights".
As the name suggests these lights convert solar energy into electrical energy and store it into a battery for future use.
Solar landscaping lights are available in two types.
In the first type the solar cell unit, which converts sunlight into electricity, is attached to the bulb or light source itself.
However this can create some problems if the area where the light source is fixed is under a tree or in an area where there is shadow of the building etc.
That is why second type of solar landscaping lights have been developed where the solar cell can be fixed on the terrace of the building in clear sunshine so that shadows do jot obstruct the solar cells.
Energy saving tip #2 - Areas where there is harsh sunlight and temperatures very high, a simple arrangement can help to retain water tables for a longer time.
All you have to do is observe the direction and path of the Sun in the sky during daytime and plant a row of tall trees to obstruct the direct sunlight.
By planting the tall trees the sunlight gets screened by reducing its intensity.
This will allow a cooler atmosphere formation in the garden resulting is les evaporation of water.
Energy saving tip #3 - The third energy saving tip is called as "rain water harvesting".
In this the rainwater is collected in a reservoir and recycled in the garden again and again.
If the garden plot has a natural slope then you can make use of the natural gravity to simply circulate the water in the entire garden by creating channels through which the water can flow and percolate into the areas where green vegetation is present.
These were just a few ideas to save energy in a home landscaping garden.
You can easily come up with lot more ideas using creativity.
Copyright Shrinivas Vaidya
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