Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) adayambitsa HR 2095, Energy Conservation Through Trees Act, malamulo omwe angathandizire mapulogalamu oyendetsedwa ndi magetsi omwe amagwiritsa ntchito kubzala mitengo yamithunzi pofuna kuchepetsa kufunikira kwa mphamvu zogona. Lamuloli lidzathandiza eni nyumba kuchepetsa ngongole zawo zamagetsi - ndikuthandizira zothandizira kuchepetsa kufunikira kwawo kwakukulu - pochepetsa kufunikira kwa mphamvu zogona chifukwa cha kufunikira koyendetsa ma air conditioners pamlingo wapamwamba.
"The Energy Conservation Through Trees Act ingathandize kuchepetsa mtengo wamagetsi kwa ogula ndikuwongolera mpweya wabwino kwa onse," anatero Congresswoman Matsui. “Kumudzi kwathu ku Sacramento, ndadzionera ndekha momwe mapulogalamu amitengo yamithunzi amakhalira opambana. Pamene tikupitiriza kufotokoza zovuta ziwiri za mtengo wamtengo wapatali wa mphamvu ndi zotsatira za kusintha kwa nyengo, nkofunika kuti tikhazikitse ndondomeko zamakono ndi mapulogalamu oganiza bwino lero omwe tikukonzekera mawa. Kukulitsa ntchito yathu yapadziko lonse lapansi kungathandize kuwonetsetsa kuti tikuyesetsa kukhala ndi tsogolo labwino, lathanzi, ndipo lidzakhala gawo limodzi lankhondo yathu yochepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu komanso kuteteza dziko lathu. ”
Potengera chitsanzo chopambana chomwe chinakhazikitsidwa ndi Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), lamulo la Energy Conservation Through Trees Act likufuna kupulumutsa anthu a ku America ndalama zambiri pazitsulo zawo zothandizira komanso kuchepetsa kutentha kwa kunja kwa madera akumidzi chifukwa mitengo yamthunzi imathandiza kuteteza nyumba ku dzuwa m'chilimwe. Pulogalamu yochitidwa ndi SMUD yatsimikiziridwa kuti imachepetsa ndalama zamagetsi, imapangitsa kuti magetsi a m'deralo akhale otsika mtengo, komanso kuchepetsa kuwonongeka kwa mpweya. Biluyo ili ndi lamulo loti ndalama zonse za federal zomwe zimaperekedwa ngati gawo la pulogalamu yothandizira zigwirizane ndi chimodzi ndi chimodzi ndi madola omwe si a federal.
Kubzala mitengo yamithunzi mozungulira nyumba mwanzeru ndi njira yotsimikizika yochepetsera kufunikira kwa mphamvu m'malo okhala. Malinga ndi kafukufuku wochitidwa ndi Dipatimenti ya Zamagetsi, mitengo yamithunzi itatu yobzalidwa bwino m’nyumba ingachepetse ndalama zoziziritsira mpweya wa m’nyumba ndi pafupifupi 30 peresenti m’mizinda ina, ndipo pulogalamu ya m’dziko lonse la mithunzi ingachepetse kugwiritsa ntchito zoziziritsira mpweya ndi pafupifupi 10 peresenti. Mitengo ya mthunzi imathandizanso kuti:
- Kupititsa patsogolo thanzi la anthu ndi mpweya wabwino poyamwa tinthu tating'onoting'ono;
- Sungani mpweya woipa kuti muchepetse kutentha kwa dziko;
- Kuchepetsa chiopsezo cha kusefukira kwa madzi m'matauni potenga madzi amvula;
- Kupititsa patsogolo zinthu zaumwini ndikuwonjezera kukongola kwa nyumba; ndi
- Kuteteza zomanga zapagulu, monga misewu ndi misewu.
"Ndi dongosolo losavuta kwenikweni - kubzala mitengo ndikupanga mithunzi yambiri ya nyumba yanu - ndikuchepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zomwe munthu amafunikira kuziziritsa nyumba yawo," Congresswoman Matsui anawonjezera. "Koma ngakhale kusintha kwakung'ono kumatha kubweretsa zotsatira zabwino zikafika pakugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zamagetsi komanso kuchepetsa ndalama zogulira magetsi."
"SMUD yathandizira chitukuko cha nkhalango yokhazikika ya m'tauni kudzera mu pulogalamu yathu ndi zotsatira zabwino," adatero Pulezidenti wa SMUD Board Renee Taylor. "Ndife olemekezeka kuti pulogalamu yathu ya Shade Tree idagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati njira yopititsira patsogolo nkhalango zam'mizinda m'dziko lonselo."
Larry Greene, Executive Director wa Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District (AQMD) idati, "Sacramento AQMD ikuthandizira kwambiri biliyi popeza mitengo ili ndi maubwino odziwika bwino pa chilengedwe komanso mawonekedwe a mpweya makamaka. Takhala tikugwira ntchito limodzi ndi mabungwe athu olimbikitsa kwa nthawi yayitali kuti tiwonjezere mitengo m'dera lathu. ”
"Kubzala mitengo yamthunzi kumakhala njira yabwino yochepetsera mphamvu zamagetsi m'nyumba, ndipo timalimbikitsa mamembala a Congress kuti azitsatira utsogoleri wa Representative Matsui," atero a Nancy Somerville, Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti ndi CEO wa American Society of Landscape Architects.. "Kuphatikiza kutsitsa ndalama zothandizira, mitengo imathandizira kukulitsa mtengo wa katundu, kuthandiza kupewa kusefukira kwa madzi chifukwa chotengera madzi amvula, komanso kuchepetsa kutentha kwa m'tawuni."
A Peter King, Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa American Public Works Association, adathandizira bungwe la Association ku biliyo, nati, "APWA ikuthokoza a Congresswoman Matsui chifukwa chokhazikitsa lamulo latsopanoli lomwe lipereke ubwino wambiri wa mpweya ndi madzi zomwe zimathandizira kuti anthu onse azikhala ndi moyo wabwino komanso kuthandiza madipatimenti ogwira ntchito za boma kuti azitha kuwongolera mpweya, kuchepetsa kutentha kwa chilumbachi komanso kuteteza madzi amvula."
"Alliance for Community Trees imathandizira kwambiri lamuloli komanso masomphenya ndi utsogoleri wa Congresswoman Matsui," anawonjezera Carrie Gallagher, Executive Director wa Alliance for Community Trees. “Tikudziwa kuti anthu amasamala za mitengo komanso mabuku awo amthumba. Lamuloli limazindikira kuti mitengo sikuti imangokongoletsa nyumba ndi madera athu ndikuwongolera mtengo wamtengo wapatali wa munthu aliyense, koma imasunganso ndalama zenizeni, zatsiku ndi tsiku kwa eni nyumba ndi mabizinesi popereka mthunzi wowotcha, wopulumutsa mphamvu. Mitengo ndi gawo lofunika kwambiri la njira zothetsera mphamvu zobiriwira zomwe dziko lathu likufuna.
Kusunga mphamvu pogwiritsa ntchito mitengo yobzalidwa bwino kumathandizidwa ndi mabungwe awa: Alliance for Community Trees; American Public Power Association; American Public Works Association; American Society of Landscape Architects; California ReLeaf; California Urban Forests Council; International Society of Arboriculture; Sacramento Municipal Utility District; Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District; Sacramento Tree Foundation, ndi Utility Arborist Association.
Buku la Energy Conservation Through Trees Act la 2011 likupezeka PANO. Chidule cha tsamba limodzi labiluyo chaphatikizidwa PANO.