Urban Greenry and Its Impact on Cooling Cost in Peshawar

Abstract

With progress there is decline in both numbers of trees and jungles, areas converting from rural to urban, more industries leading to more pollution and thus increasing Green House Effect resulting in increase in global temperature. The effects of these industrial wastes and green house can be controlled by decreasing the pollutants production and by more plantations making the areas greener. Greenery not only counter affects the environment but also gives us recreational and picnic spots. The air stays fresh and cooler. This cooling may decrease our dependency on coolants like air conditioners and room coolers in extreme summer temperatures and thus might help us save energy and money as well. And in this study we have showed that greenery does have an effect on bills of areas with more greenery than on bills of area with less greenery.