The work of AIRY takes place in an environment that affects each of us not only directly but surrounds us constantly. Nevertheless, the topic of "indoor air" was hardly researched for a long time. However, starting from the NASA study in 1989 and its spectacular results, quite a bit has happened in the meantime.
There are many individual studies on the effectiveness of plants on indoor air quality. A non-profit organization called "eFIG" from England once took the effort a few years ago to summarize all the essential research results from 1989 to 2006 in a few sentences.
The present studies show, among other things:
- Houseplants increase the efficiency of a workplace
- Houseplants reduce employee sick days through
- Reduction of the "Sick Building Syndrome."
- Houseplants improve indoor air quality
- Houseplants increase productivity and creativity
- Houseplants reduce noise levels
- Houseplants save energy by improving the microclimate
eFIG is unfortunately no longer available online, but we still have the extensive PDF document with all the summaries of the studies. We are happy to provide it here for download.
Unfortunately, we are not aware of a similar summary of recent research findings - although such a thing would be highly desirable. So, if anyone has a relevant tip or would like to take on this work: We look forward to hearing from you.
The author: Peer-Arne Böttcher
Peer is the founder of AIRY and passionate about the topic of healthy indoor air. For many years, he has been intensively engaged with the scientific foundations and technical possibilities of how our breathing air can be sustainably improved – completely without chemicals, filters, or electricity.
