If you live in a windy climate you can design your landscape in a way that your winter heating bills could lower by almost 1/3.
If your property is unprotected, the heat in your home can be lost during a cold and windy day even more than during cold and still day. Properly chosen landscaping design will provide your house a great wind protection in winter. And as a result your heating costs will reduce too.
The other important thing is that these numerous benefits will increase as your trees and shrubs grow old.
If you use windbreak for your house you will spend 23 percent less fuel.
Look through some useful landscaping ideas that can help you save your money:
 1. You can create the best windbreaks that block wind close to the ground if you select trees and shrubs that have low crowns. Evergreen trees and shrubs that you can plant to the north and northwest of the home is the most popular widespread type of windbreak.
2. You can change the direction of the wind or lift it over your home if you combine evergreen trees with a wall, fence or earth berm (natural or man-made walls or raised areas of soil).
3. In order that warm winter sun could penetrate to your house you shouldn’t plant evergreens close to the south side of your home.
4. For safety your windbreak should be planted at some distance from your home which can be of two to five times the full-size height of the trees.
5. The distance between full-grown plants and the wall of your home should be at least 1 foot (30 centimeters).
It should be mentioned that the amount of money that can be saved by a windbreak will depend on climate of the landscaping area and also on the construction material and their quality. However, a well-weatherized house that has proper ventilation won't receive advantages from windbreaks as much as a badly weatherized house.
| 
