Trees provide a wide range of ecosystem services, including helping to reduce our energy use, cleaning our air and water, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Urban Ecos has been involved in many projects aimed at quantifying and maximizing these ecosystem services, including the following:

• Developing a pilot program for utility companies and other organizations to plant shade trees to reduce energy use.
• Working with cities and universities to estimate the benefits their trees are providing.
• Leading the development of the San Francisco Urban Forest Maps and several other OpenTreeMap projects that quantify the benefits of trees and help translate that data into more understandable terms.
• Development of and/or extensive work with all software tools for estimating the ecosystem services of urban trees, including the i-Tree software suite and the Forest Service's Tree Carbon Calculator.

Projects, papers, and presentations related to ecosystem services consultations

For Tree San Diego

California ReLeaf maps

High Speed Rail GHG Offsets

TreeMapLA

San Diego Tree Map

Video: Writing a Great Grant Application

Interview: Tree Inventory of the Future

Technology Tools for Making Sense of Your Inventory

Urban Tree Key

California EnerTrees

Audio: Calculating GHG Benefits of Trees

Marin's Urban Forest: A Guide for Stakeholders

Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course Assessment

Ecosystem Services of the Existing and Proposed Trees of the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course

San Jose Middle School Tree Planting

EarthWatch's Urban Forest Expedition

Million Tree Initiatives: Tools for Campaign Success

UC San Diego Campus Forest Analysis

Community Tree Guides

Ecosystem services and environmental benefits of the UC San Diego Campus Forest

Planting Trees to Fight Global Climate Change

Sacramento's Park Neighborhoods: Roots of the Past and Lessons for the Future