Demonstration of Green Amenity Effect of Foliage Plants and Its Application to Indoor Environment Design

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26289202
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Architectural environment/Equipment
• Research Institution: Toyohashi University of Technology
• Principal Investigator: Matsumoto Hiroshi 豊橋技術科学大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (90125659)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 増田 幸宏 芝浦工業大学, システム工学部, 准教授 (10398935) ; 源城 かほり 長崎大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (90315648) ; 近藤 恵美 豊橋技術科学大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 助教 (00733867)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 観葉植物 / グリーンアメニティ / 室内環境デザイン / プロダクティビティ / 生理・心理反応

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, we focused on the green amenity effect of the foliage plants, quantitatively evaluated the effect of controlling heat and humidity environment of plants and the effect of removing chemical substances, and demonstrated experiments in simulated offices and real offices, We quantitatively clarified the influence of plants on office workers’ psychological / physiological responses and productivity, and developed an economic evaluation method and an indoor environment design method.
As a result, we clarified the influence of the type and quantity of indoor plants on reduction of mental stress of office workers and improvement of productivity, and also validated the economic evaluation model and the indoor environment design method.

Free Research Field

建築環境工学