Office Plants Sprout Environmental and Employee Benefits
Want a natural way to make indoor workplaces healthier, calmer, and more productive? Join the growing trend of adding interior plants to office settings. […]
Landscaping: Not Just a Warm Weather Friend
The development of a beautiful landscape can add aesthetics and other values to the interior and exterior of any company. […]
Excerpt from Beat the Office Health Hazards
An unavoidable enemy in the office is the cocktail of chemicals that surrounds us. Did you know, for example, that carpets and chairs may contain formaldehyde, inks give off benzene, and photocopiers and PC monitors emit toluene? The effects of these can include breathing problems, eye irritation, anaemia, nausea and impaired co-ordination. […]
Plants Nurture Office Creativity
I’ve always enjoyed having a few plants surround my desk. They create the feeling of a lush island in a sea of beige file cabinets, brown carpet and glowing computer screens. […]
Greenery inspires creativity, problem-solving at work
Having a few green companions in the office can turn workers as sluggish as vegetables into more productive beings, a new survey by Texas A&M University shows. In “The Impact of Flowers and Plants on Workplace Productivity,” behavioral scientists in the university’s Center for Health Systems and Design found that men who work among live […]
Improve Your Bottom Line with Greenery
Ivy improving indoor air quality? Philodendrons linked to productivity? Incredible, but true. According to the interior plants industry organization Plants at Work, Los Angeles, there are four proven bottom-line benefits created by interior plants. […]
Decreasing Building Vulnerability to Bioterrorist Threats with Interior Plants
Since September 11, 2001 the odds of a biological chemical attack in America have greatly increased. An attack such as this could be devastating to a massive number of Americans while having severe economic consequences. The most likely approach terrorists might use is to employ an aerosolizer to release biological and chemical warfare agents into […]
Plant Power
New research indicates that the adequate installation of plants can deliver a solid return on investment. […]
Interior Plants in Offices Are Vital to Human Comfort & Health
RESTON, VA–Interior plants are vital to maintaining the approved human comfort range for relative humidity in offices. A study conducted by Washington State University determined that when plants were placed in offices, the relative humidity increased significantly and actually stabilized at the recommended range of 30 to 60 percent. […]