OPERATION COOL SHADE BEGINS SEPTEMBER 7TH
Mohave Electric Cooperative with the City of Bullhead City is once again sponsoring Operation Cool Shade. Operation Cool Shade encourages the use of trees to help manage energy by reducing costs.Three different types of desert-adapted shade trees are available to Cooperative members and for the low price of $7 per tree. As an added bonus Mohave Electric will include a free energy saving, compact fluorescent bulb with each tree purchased.
When planted on the sunny side of a home, trees shade the walls, roof, and windows, and help save energy dollars by reducing some of the need for air conditioning. “If you shade the hot side of your house, the sunny side, which would be east, south, or west, you’re going to reduce the amount of heat that actually hits the house,” said Steve Bouman, Mohave Electric Energy Management Specialist. “When it’s 110, 120 degrees out, the outside of your house can reach 130 to 140 degrees where the sun is shining on it. When you shade those areas, it brings the outside ambient temperature back to 110, 120. That means you need less air conditioning,” Bouman said.
2,500 trees will be available for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis. The varieties offered, Chilean Mesquite, Willow Acacia and Rosewood are all suited for our local climate.
The Operation Cool Shade tree sale dates are Sept. 7th – 20th at Mohave Electric’s Member Service office at 928 Hancock Road, Bullhead City. Business hours are Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Members receive CFL’s at time of tree purchase. Tree distribution will take place on Saturday, November 5th, at the Bullhead City Public Works parking lot located across the street from Bullhead City Administration Complex, 1255 Marina Blvd.
For more information call (928) 763-1100.
