How Climbing Plants on Your Walls Can Cut Your Cooling Costs by a Third

How Climbing Plants on Your Walls Can Cut Your Cooling Costs by a Third

A month of climbing plants against your exterior walls doesn’t just add greenery—it can stop your house from overheating entirely. Research shows that dense wall vegetation cools building surfaces by up to 15.5°C through shading and evapotranspiration, delivering cooling equivalent to an air conditioning unit without the electricity bill.