Health-Related Benefits of Different Indoor Plant Species in a School Setting

Humans spend more than 80% of their lives indoors resulting in an increased demand for high indoor air quality (IAQ). At the same time, tends to be at least twice as polluted outdoor air, and health threats caused by long-term exposure pollution are rising. Few experiments under real-life conditions have demonstrated positive effects plants on parameters related IAQ, improved humidity temperature, reduced particulate matter concentration CO2 levels. Indoor living walls allow presence many plants—without taking up valuable floor area. This article presents results conducted measurements four do-it-yourself green planted with different plant species that typically used vertical greenery (golden pothos, Boston fern, spider a combination plants) school setting. Besides CO2, mold spore levels, influences room acoustics were investigated. Based custom-developed evaluation matrix, compared each other reference without plants. The show no led deterioration IAQ. Golden pothos had most substantial effect delivered improvements all examined parameters.