There should be adequate and proper maintenance of these soft landscaping elements by house owner since it enhances supply of fresh air and brings about peasant environment. CONCLUSION The use of soft landscaping elements especially the planting of trees and shrubs, mulches, lawns and flower beds on residential buildings in microclimatic conditions cannot be overemphasized. The end users of the these buildings should not be left with sole responsibility of using the landscape elements since most of them will not put into considerations the technicality involved in it as this may result into creating an unplanned landscape. However, the incorporation of such landscape elements as part of external work in a residential building will contribute positively towards the improvement of the environment and also providing a thermally comfortable microclimate of any given residential building.
There should be adequate and proper maintenance of these soft landscaping elements by house owner since it enhances supply of fresh air and brings about peasant environment. CONCLUSION The use of soft landscaping elements especially the planting of trees and shrubs, mulches, lawns and flower beds on residential buildings in microclimatic conditions cannot be overemphasized. The end users of the these buildings should not be left with sole responsibility of using the landscape elements since most of them will not put into considerations the technicality involved in it as this may result into creating an unplanned landscape. However, the incorporation of such landscape elements as part of external work in a residential building will contribute positively towards the improvement of the environment and also providing a thermally comfortable microclimate of any given residential building.
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