44391
Accession Number
39004
Title Of Article Chaper
Effect of Foliage Plants on Human Physiological/Psychological Response and Productivity (R1-TS45-PP07)
Title Of Journal Book
Clima 2010: 10th REHVA World Congress: Sustainable Energy Use in Buildings: 9-12 May, Antalya, Turkey
Collation
8 p. : ills.
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
In recent years, there have been increasing concerns on improving occupants’ thermal comfort, health and productivity through the improvement of indoor environment. The objective of this paper is to examine the effects of foliage plants and artificial plants on human physiological /psychological responses by panel experiments in a full scale room model. In this experiment, environmental parameters such as air temperature, humidity, illuminance and so on were kept constant independently, whether the plants/artificial plants were present or not. Two subjects at a time were asked to stay in said chamber. Then questionnaire evaluation and performance tests were conducted during a period of 170 minutes per experiment. A “green amenity effect†such as physiological/psychological improvement was shown by the questionnaire. It confirms that the condition of having plants in an indoor environment improves the performance of text typing and the similar tendency is seen for addition. And, disposition of some foliage plants in an office can bring positive economic effects.
Keywords
foliage;building
pub_id
44391