Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) adakondwerera Tsiku la Arbor poyambitsa The Residential Energy and Economic Savings Act, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti TREES Act. Lamuloli likhazikitsa pulogalamu yothandizira magetsi omwe ali ndi mapulogalamu oteteza mphamvu zomwe zimagwiritsa ntchito kubzala mitengo komwe kumafuna 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.
"Pamene tikupitiriza kulimbana ndi mavuto ophatikizana a mtengo wamagetsi ndi zotsatira za kusintha kwa nyengo, nkofunika kuti tikhazikitse ndondomeko zatsopano komanso ndondomeko zoganizira zamtsogolo zomwe zingatithandize kukonzekera mibadwo yotsatira," adatero Congresswoman Matsui (Mkonzi). D-CA). "The Residential Energy and Economic Savings Act, kapena TREES Act, ingathandize kuchepetsa mtengo wamagetsi kwa ogula ndikuwongolera mpweya wabwino kwa anthu onse aku America. Chigawo chakwathu ku Sacramento, California chakhazikitsa pulogalamu yopambana yamitengo yamithunzi ndipo ndikukhulupirira kuti kutengeranso pulogalamuyi pamlingo wadziko lonse kudzathandiza kuwonetsetsa kuti tikuyesetsa kukhala ndi tsogolo labwino komanso labwino.
Potengera chitsanzo chopambana chomwe chinakhazikitsidwa ndi Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), TREES ikufuna kupulumutsa anthu aku America ndalama zambiri pazantchito zawo komanso kuchepetsa kutentha kwakunja m'matauni chifukwa mitengo yamithunzi imathandiza kuteteza nyumba kudzuwa m'chilimwe.
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 ya mithunzi 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.
"Ili ndi ndondomeko yosavuta yopezera mphamvu zopulumutsa mphamvu pobzala mitengo ndikupanga mthunzi wambiri," Congresswoman Matsui anawonjezera. “Lamulo la TREES Act lingachepetse ndalama zolipirira mabanja ndikuwonjezera mphamvu zamagetsi m'nyumba zawo. Anthu akamaona zotsatira zabwino kwambiri chifukwa cha kusintha kwakung’ono kwa malo awo, kubzala mitengo n’komveka.”
"Ndife onyadira komanso olemekezeka kuti Congresswoman Matsui adagwiritsa ntchito zaka zambiri za SMUD posankha mitengo mwanzeru ndikuyika kuti achepetse kugwiritsa ntchito mpweya wabwino komanso kupulumutsa mphamvu," atero a Frankie McDermott, Mtsogoleri wa Makasitomala a SMUD ndi mapulogalamu. "Pulogalamu yathu ya Sacramento Shade, yomwe tsopano ili m'zaka khumi zachitatu ndi mitengo yobzalidwa theka la milioni, yatsimikizira kuti kubzala mitengo m'tawuni ndi m'tawuni kumathandizira kuchepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu ndikuwongolera chilengedwe."
"Kwa zaka zopitirira makumi awiri pulogalamu yathu yamtengo wapatali yamtengo wapatali / yopanda phindu yatulutsa mphamvu zowonetsera mphamvu za chilimwe komanso olandira mitengo yosamalira 150,000," anatero Ray Trethaway ndi Sacramento Tree Foundation. "Kukulitsa pulogalamuyi kudziko lonse kungathandize kuti anthu aku America m'dziko lonselo apindule ndi ndalama zambiri zomwe zimapulumutsa mphamvu."
"ASLA imapereka chithandizo ku TREES Act chifukwa kubzala mitengo yamthunzi ndikuwonjezera denga lamitengo yonse ndi njira zothandiza zothandizira kuchepetsa mphamvu zamagetsi ndikuchepetsa kuwonongeka kwa mpweya," adatero Nancy Somerville, Hon. Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti ndi CEO wa American Society of Landscape Architects. "ASLA ndiwokonzeka kuthandizira lamulo la TREES Act ndikulimbikitsa mamembala a Congress kuti azitsatira utsogoleri wa Representative Matsui."
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