In this study, an analysis of changes in energy balance components in three soil vegetal covers of the Colombian Andean zone (forest, coffee and grass) was carried out in order to quantify the potential increases of energy amount used to heat air such as sensible heat fluxes and decreases in energy used in evapotranspiration and water vapor exchange as latent heat flux. The field phase of the research was conducted in a premontane moist forest life area located at 1,600 masl where simultaneous measurements of edaphic and physiological variables in the three covers and daily weather information were taken. Empirical methods were used to estimate the energy balance components for each cover. Modifications in the net radiation amount in each of the three covers due to the change in the superficial albedo, to sensible heat flux increase and to latent heat flux decrease in the grass cover, as well as to changes in the Bowen ratio were observed, which indicates a greater amount of energy available to heat the air and less energy available for gas exchange.