How Much Does a Tree on Your Property Help to Improve Environment

Thanks to the U.S. Forest Service, Davey Tree Experts, and other partners for a very simple tool for valuing the contribution of a tree to air pollution removal;  Go to Tree Tools  to try this out.  You’ll be asked for your location information, and some simple questions about the tree.  Species, condition, diameter, sun exposure, and more, plus some information about adjacent structures.  You’ll get an analysis with a dollar amount, that will break down the types of contribution the tree provides.  No surprise, big healthy trees have more value than smaller, or unhealthy trees.

After you’ve finished entering data for one tree, you can add another tree, and another and so on.  You can get a cumulative analysis, or select the value for any one of the trees.  I have supplied an image of the report I got after I entered eight trees. (There are a lot more trees to go.)  It looks a lot like the nutrition section of packaged food label.

 

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Serving size: 8 trees

Total benefits for this year

          $109.73

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Sequestered
$22.33
Annual CO2 equivalent of carbon1
1172.19 lbs
Storm Water runoff avoided
$47.30
Runoff avoided
5292.96 gal.
Rainfall intercepted
14684.73 gal.
Air Pollution removed each year
$14.90
Carbon monoxide
2.20 oz
Ozone
88.81 oz
Nitrogen dioxide
10.73 oz
Sulfur dioxide
3.54 oz
Particulate matter < 2.5 microns
4.38 oz
Energy Usage each year2
$20.46
Electricity savings (A/C)
129.95 kWh
Fuel savings (Natural Gas,Oil)
0.44 MMBtu
Avoided Energy Emissions
$4.74
Carbon dioxide
234.19 lbs
Carbon monoxide
1.32 oz
Nitrogen dioxide
0.53 oz
Sulfur dioxide
8.69 oz
Particulate matter < 2.5 microns
0.11 oz
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Stored to date3
$936.22
Lifetime CO2 equivalent of carbon3
49143.21 lbs