Tian, Xuan;
Wei, Shen;
Mavrogianni, Anna;
Yu, Wei;
Pan, Lan;
(2023)
The effectiveness of potted plants in improving indoor air quality: A comparison between chamber and field studies.
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Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation & Energy Conservation in Buildings (IAQVEC2023).
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Abstract
People spend up to 90% of their time inside buildings, making indoor air quality an extremely important factor affecting public health and building design. Due to the inherent ability to absorb/filter pollutants, plants present a promising method for improving indoor air quality. In recent decades, many studies have quantified plants’ effectiveness in removing indoor air pollutants using both chamber and field methods. This paper presents a review working covering these studies and discusses the differences between chamber and field studies, in terms of study methods and results. Through a meta-analysis of 41 chamber studies and 16 field studies, the effectiveness of 182 species in removing 25 pollutants has been estimated. From this work, a larger proportion of significant results were observed in chamber studies (88%), comparing to field studies (65%). Additionally, comparable studies revealed greater removal effectiveness of plants in chamber studies. These discrepancies could be attributed to many factors, such as the size and the airtightness of experimental setup, ventilation, gas exposure scheme, and environmental conditions. It is envisaged that these findings will help reduce the gap between chamber studies and field studies, and provide guidance for the future use of plants in buildings to improve indoor air quality.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | The effectiveness of potted plants in improving indoor air quality: A comparison between chamber and field studies |
| Event: | Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings (IAQVEC 2023) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1051/e3sconf/202339601023 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202339601023 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2023. his is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10172320 |
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