Detailed Information on Publication Record
2021
Influence of Houseplants on the Indoor Environmental Quality
KRAUS, Michal and Ingrid JUHÁSOVÁ ŠENITKOVÁBasic information
Original name
Influence of Houseplants on the Indoor Environmental Quality
Authors
KRAUS, Michal (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Ingrid JUHÁSOVÁ ŠENITKOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution)
Edition
21. vyd. Bulharsko (Albena), 21st International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference: Nano, Bio and Green - Technologies for a Sustainable Future, SGEM 2021, p. 155-160, 296 pp. 2021
Publisher
International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Stať ve sborníku
Field of Study
20101 Civil engineering
Country of publisher
Bulgaria
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Publication form
electronic version available online
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RIV identification code
RIV/75081431:_____/21:00002377
Organization unit
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
ISBN
978-619-7603-36-1
Keywords in English
Indoor air quality; IAQ; potted plants; houseplants; pollutants; indoor environment
Změněno: 22/8/2022 10:21, Mgr. Nikola Petříková
Abstract
V originále
One of the tasks defined in the basic principles of sustainable building construction is to ensure a quality indoor environment and the health and wellbeing of the building’s users. Especially in the current epidemiological period, people spend more than 90% of their time indoors. In almost every indoor environment (IE), there is a certain number of ornamental houseplants. In most cases, these are ornamental plants with leaves or flowers. These plants give us aesthetic impressions and improve the well-being of building users. Integration of these vegetation elements into building interiors can lead to a decrease in the incidence of Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) and Building-Related Illness (BRI). Plants can improve indoor air quality (IAQ). Although plants are a source of moisture, take up Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and release O2 through light-dependent photosynthesis, and effective filters to remove pollutants (volatile organic compounds) and improve indoor air quality, specific types of indoor plants are very often selected only by visual and aesthetic perception.