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Source Information
The following resources provide
more information on landscaping for energy efficiency.
* American Association of Nurserymen
(AAN)
1240 I Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 789-2900
AAN serves as a network of organizations
representing garden centers, landscaping, and horticultural interests.
* American Society of Landscape
Architects (ASLA)
4401 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 686-2752
ASLA is dedicated to the advancement
of knowledge, education, and skill in the art and science of
landscape architecture.
* National Arbor Day Foundation
(NADF)
100 Arbor Avenue
Nebraska City, NE 68410
NADF is a nonprofit educational
organization dedicated to tree planting and conservation. NADF
sponsors National Arbor Day each spring.
For general information about
many kinds of energy efficiency topics, contact:
* The Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy Clearinghouse (EREC)
P.O. Box 3048
Merrifield, VA 22116
(800) DOE-EREC (363-3732)
Fax: (703) 893-0400
EREC provides free general and
technical information to the public on the many topics and technologies
pertaining to energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Reading List
* Common Sense Pest Control,
edited by C. Timmons, available from Taunton Press, Inc., 1991.
* Cooling Our Communities: A Guidebook on Tree Planting and Light-Colored
Surfacing, H. Akbari, J. Huang, and S. Davis, available from
Government Printing Office (Document #055-000-00371-8), Superintendent
of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15220-7954, 1992.
* Landscaping Design that Saves Energy, A. S. Moffat and M. Schiler,
William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1991.
* Landscaping for Energy Conservation, W. R. Nelson, available
from the Building Research Council, College of Fine and Applied
Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, One East Saint
Mary's Road, Champaign, IL 61820, 1991.
* Xeriscape Gardening: Water Conservation for the American Landscape,
C. Ellefson, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1992.
This document was produced for
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory (NREL), a DOE national laboratory. The document
was produced by the Information Services Program, under the DOE
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse (EREC) is operated
by NCI Information Systems, Inc., for NREL/DOE. The statements
contained herein are based on information known to EREC and NREL
at the time of printing. No recommendation or endorsement of
any product or service is implied if mentioned by EREC.
DOE/GO-10095-046
FS 220
April 1995
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