Living Plants - Key Benefits
• Plants absorb indoor air pollution
• Artificial plants pollute the air
• Plants counteract drying of air conditioning by increasing humidity
• Oxygen is put back into stale air
• One plant per workstation removes 90% of volatile organic compounds
• Greening your indoors decreases nitrogen oxides by over 30%
Not only do they clean the air – but plants lift the spirit and have psychological benefits
Indoor plants consume as little as 2.07 litres of water per fortnight compared to the 2 litres maximum each person uses to clean their teeth.
The questions which are often asked regarding indoor plants and air pollution are, ‘How many plants are needed to clean the air and which varieties are best?’ Good questions! The only reasonable answer is ‘as many as practical, commensurate with design and as variety is the spice of life, use different varieties.’
Indoor plants not only clean the air but they lift the spirit and have psychological benefits. In green-built hospitals, patients heal faster, being discharged on average two and a half days earlier. Framed plant photos and fake plastic and silk plants cannot replace live, healthy indoor plants. Living plants clean; artificial plants and flowers pollute. Take action to clean the air inside your office and home. It begins with a few simple potted plants.
Mini Gardens
We recommend every employee should have a Mini Garden on their desk or living plant within eye sight to alleviate work place stress. Living plants ground employees in nature.
