Sick Building Syndrome – Indoor plants can help!
Category: Benefits of Indoor Plants
If you are a business owner or designer and haven’t heard of ‘Sick Building Sydrome’ you may find the following information valuable for your organization. What is it? Sick building syndrome – NHS (www.nhs.uk) How to deal with it? How to deal with SBS Sick Building Syndrome (hse.gov.uk) In short, indoor plants within an office…..
How Plants Clean the Air
Category: Benefits of Indoor Plants
This article from the University of Sydney explains in plain English how plants and their microcosm go about cleaning the air. How indoor plants help clean the air by M Burchett.
Guidelines for Architects and Designers
Category: Indoor Plant Design
Guidelines for Architects and Designers This document was produced by the National Interior Plantscape Association of Australia (NIPA), now named Interior Plantscape Association (IPA). DOWNLOAD – Interior Plantscaping Guidelines (This document is a pdf so may take a little time to download).
Biophilic Design
Category: Benefits of Indoor Plants
Plants in the Workplace: The Benefits of Biophilic Design [Infographic] This infographic explores the design trend that’s transforming modern workplaces – Biophilic Design. Learn about the real benefits of including nature in the built environment such as increased productivity, sense of well-being, reduced absenteeism, and more in this joint collaboration between NewPro Containers and Green Plants for…..
Plants in Government Offices
Category: Cost of Indoor Plants, Health Relationship to Plants
More than $1.2 million spent on indoor plants for new NSW Government office By Josh Bavas The company supplies green decor for offices. (Supplied: Tropical Plant Rentals). A NSW Government department has defended spending more than $1.2 million on indoor plants for its new corporate offices in Parramatta. Key points: The 30-floor Parramatta Square offices…..
Coal vs Oil vs Gas
Category: Climate Change
Methane Emissions – The greenhouse gas footprint of natural gas By admin October 20, 2016 Media Robert W. Howarth, 26.10.2016 Natural gas is widely (and falsely) promoted as a bridge fuel that allows continued use of fossil fuels while reducing greenhouse gas emissions compared to oil or coal. Indeed, less carbon dioxide is emitted when burning…..
Glossary for Interior Plantscape
Category: Glossary
A Glossary of Terms and Definitions An alphabetical list of words relating to Interior Plantscaping, text, or dialect, with explanations; a brief dictionary. If you disagree with any of our definitions in this glossary or have a new definition or better wording to include, please send a comment. Accreditation. An industry peak body evaluation to: ensure…..
FAQs
Category: FAQs
Why won’t anyone give me a simple price list? Because this is a difficult question. The price varies according to many things, these include: Type of containers. Some designer containers can cost up to $500 each. You are hiring these containers but the hire company needs to pay for them and they are usually bought…..
IEQ Indoor Plant’s New Website
Category: IEQ Latest News
Welcome We are so pleased to welcome you to our new website we hope you can find everything that you need. After months of hard work, our new user-friendly website is finally launched. The new website has many many more images of our work and it is optimized for PC’s, tablets and smartphones. We have…..
Buy or Hire
Category: Cost of Indoor Plants
The Benefits of Our Services Buy or hire indoor plants, this article details the pro and cons. Some companies believe it is less expensive to buy their own plants and pots and have the staff water them than it is to use an Indoor Plant Service. We are specialists and this means the following benefits to…..
Triple your bottom line with Indoor Plants
Category: Benefits of Indoor Plants, Cost of Indoor Plants, IEQ Latest News
UTS Research: Office Plants Work – Improve Bottom Line The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) also produced a poster for the event. It has a similar theme but gives a scientific slant and more importantly includes a Selected Bibliography covering researchers and their papers. This 4-page brochure covers Indoor Environment Quality and how plants contribute to over 75% of…..
Artificial Office Plants Pros & Cons
Category: Problems with Artificial Plants
Artificial Office Plants – Pro and Cons Plastic and Silk Ornaments That Look Like Plants “Plants clean, plant-shaped ornaments pollute” – Dr. Ronald Wood PhD BSc. (UTS)(The doctor is referring to the outgassing of volatile organic compounds and dust catching characteristics of plastic plants). Pros – Reasons to use plastic (polymerized petroleum) Artificial indoor plants do have some benefits: No…..
Staff Elevator Speech
Category: Benefits of Indoor Plants
Elevator Talking Tips for Staff on the Benefits of Indoor Plants Definition from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia An elevator pitch, elevator speech, or elevator statement is a short summary used to quickly and simply define a product, service, or organization and its value proposition. The name “elevator pitch” reflects the idea of delivery in the time span of…..
Productivity Increase
Category: Benefits of Indoor Plants, Cost of Indoor Plants
Twelve Percent (12%) Productivity Increase “A number of studies have documented that plants can lower blood pressure. By somehow causing us to be more relaxed, plants help us to be more productive and focused,” explains Washington State University horticulturist, Virginia Lohr. The full article by Virginia Lohr. Would you like to remain focused and get more done throughout…..
Global Warming & Climate Change
Category: Climate Change
This page simply has links to valuable information and research on Global Warming and Climate Change. “There are no jobs on a dead planet” Climate Change Myths This web-site debunks an amazing collection of myths about climate change. It gives a quick argument in reply to each myth but also gives the full evidence. Click here for the…..
How Humble Houseplants can Improve Your Health
Category: Benefits of Indoor Plants, Health Relationship to Plants, Indoor Environment Quality
UTS Research Video from UTS (please spend 10 minutes and watch this video, you won’t regret it) The truth about indoor air quality and how plants really clear the air and calm the mind Over 80% of Australians live in urban areas, spending 90% of their time indoors at work, school or in the home……
Well-being Increase 47 Percent
Category: Benefits of Indoor Plants, Health Relationship to Plants, Indoor Environment Quality
Office Plants Boost Well-being at Work Office plants can assist in boosting staff well-being by up to 47% according to workplace research carried out at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show. Visitors to the Chelsea Flower Show were challenged to take part in the study which measured their creativity, happiness, and productivity as they experienced a…..
Lean or Green Offices
Category: Benefits of Indoor Plants, Health Relationship to Plants, Indoor Environment Quality
Green Offices Out Perform Lean Offices Plant a little happiness on your desk From: AAP September 01, 2014 1:44PM Is WORK getting you down? Feel like the boss doesn’t love you? A pretty peace lily perched on your desk could be the answer. A QUEENSLAND researcher who has just completed the first long-term study on…..
Indoor Environment Quality
Category: Benefits of Indoor Plants, Indoor Environment Quality
What is Indoor Environment Quality? Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ) refers to the overall comfort of a building’s interior and the comfort and health of its occupants. Many factors may contribute to the indoor environmental quality, including the use of daylight, passive design and natural ventilation, air quality, and indoor plants. The World Health Organisation (WHO)…..
Passive Design
Category: Indoor Plant Design
What is Passive Design? Passive design is an approach to building that does requires no mechanical heating or cooling. Brisbane homes that are passively designed, take advantage of Queensland’s natural climate to maintain thermal comfort. Incorporating the principles of passive design in your home: Significantly improves comfort Reduces or eliminates heating and cooling bills Reduces greenhouse gas emissions…..
Benefits of Indoor Plants
Category: Benefits of Indoor Plants, Health Relationship to Plants, Indoor Environment Quality
How Indoor Plants Improve Our Well-being (post) The benefits of indoor plants through a professional interior plantscaper is the easiest way to improve your office. A simple green space can add as much to the bottom-line as a major cost-cutting exercise. In fact cost cutting by removing indoor office plants can actually have the opposite…..
Benefits of Office Plants
Category: Benefits of Indoor Plants, Health Relationship to Plants, Indoor Environment Quality
Health and Well Being and the Benefits of Office Plants Prof. Dr. Tøve Fjeld, Agricultural University of Norway, Ås/Oslo However, plants do not just act as potential air purifiers. They also represent part of the original ecosystem in which mankind evolved. Plant species as we know them today have been around for some 150 million years……
Indoor Plant Hire Creative Ideas
Category: Creative Ideas, Indoor Plant Design
A few creative ideas that may give you the answer to make your Indoor Plant Hire Brisbane or Gold Coast office the place you imagine. Space Savers – Partition Troughs – Top-Siders Modern offices don’t have a lot of space to spare and traditional hire usually locates Green Life on the floor or a desk……
Indoor Plants – Cost or Investment?
Category: Cost of Indoor Plants
An Investment NOT a Cost Cost justify office plants using three different methods, they are: Cost justification, based on productivity gains Cost justification, based on reduced sick leave Cost justification, based on owning 11 plants. Office plants (whether large or small) are easily affordable and justifiable. It’s all about investing in your human resources to improve…..
Biophilia & Research – Benefits of Indoor Plants
Category: Benefits of Indoor Plants, Health Relationship to Plants, Indoor Environment Quality
The Global Impact of Biophilic Design in the Workplace Should a ‘work’ place be any different from the other spaces people inhabit? The relationship between individuals and their environment can be a crucial determinant of how they feel, perform and interact with others. So, designing spaces that inspire, energize and support the people who use…..
Plants in Schools and Classrooms
Category: Benefits of Indoor Plants, Health Relationship to Plants, IEQ Latest News, Indoor Environment Quality
Interior Plantscape Association Representing Australia’s interior plantscape industry MEDIA RELEASE 25th September 2011 Plants in School Classroom Improve Performance Live indoor plants in school classrooms may be one way of improving student performance, according to a recent scientific study conducted by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). UTS Professor Burchett, Dr. Fraser Torpy and John…..
Fungus Gnats
Category: IEQ Latest News, Indoor Environment Quality
Little Pests Fungus Gants are just a little pest. They fly around the pot from which they hatch and cause people to think they are little biters. However: Adults do not bite or feed. Fungus gnat larvae usually are located in the top 2 to 3 inches of the growing medium, depending on moisture level. We…..
