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Influence of Houseplants on the Indoor Environmental Quality

KRAUS, Michal and Ingrid JUHÁSOVÁ ŠENITKOVÁ

Basic 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

References:

URL

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

Tags

KST6, RIV22, SCOPUS
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.
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