Plants are Healthier for You

The CSIRO estimates that the health cost of poor indoor air quality in Australia may be as high as $12 billion per annum.  Review:

VOCs and Indoor Air Quality, Department of Energy and A Guide to Indoor Air Quality. US E.P.A.

Health Benefits of Interior Plantscapes is their cost effectiveness

Hiring an indoor plantscape is one way of saving your business money. Good business managers do not wait for a recession before looking at their outgoings to see where savings can be made.

Plants create energy savings, productivity savings and cleaner air.

Increased productivity leads to increased profits and one way to increase productivity is to decrease sick days. Studies show that the introduction of indoor potted plants leads to increased employee well being and reduced sick days. There is a growing number of Australian businesses introducing interior plantscapes because, truth be known, more profits can be made through increasing productivity and also, employers in the 21st century realise employees are the business' most valuable asset.

Yes, there is a growing body of international scientific research supporting the positive effects of live indoor plants on human health and well being and this is many employers' motivation for choosing live plants combined with the associated cost savings to the business.

How much time to you spend Indoors?

The proportion of the Australian population living in urban areas is between 80 and 90 percent, and we city-dwellers spend an amazing 90 per cent of time indoors. Indoors is where we breathe and meet most air pollution. Yes, contrary to what many building owners assume, air pollution is almost always higher indoors than outdoors. Outdoor-sourced urban air pollution is derived mainly from burning fossil fuels. These emission products are all toxic, some carcinogenic. Live green plants can absorb and degrade all these pollutants. Live indoor plants cleanse the air.... Read more ....

Indoor Plants are Good for You

Indoor plants can be a beautiful addition to any room in your business centre or even your office. Plants are believed to help bring peace and ambiance to any space by keeping you in touch with nature. This alone is a good reason to surround yourself with a little of the outdoors. The fact that office plants help fight indoor pollution is a extra plus which can assist in keeping us all healthier. Since plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen; the direct opposite of what humans do; they actually clean the air. Read more...

Air Quality is a Health Issue

Urban air quality (IAQ), in Australia as elsewhere, remains a health issue, and since we city dwellers spend 90% of our time indoors, that is where we breathe most of our air, which is even more polluted than outdoors. Urban outdoor air pollution is mainly caused by petroleum-based vehicle and other emissions.

According to the NSW EPA, air pollution is estimated to kill at least 1,400 people per annum in Sydney alone (which according to Dr Margaret Burchett, indoor air quality expert, is about equal to the total number of road deaths per annum in the whole of Australia). Qualified research has shown that indoor plants can remove a number of urban air pollutants, including nitrogen and sulphur oxides, "air toxics" and fine particulates (organic dust).