Feasibility study on mental healthcare effect using plants installation in office space

Abstract

Some offices have indoor environmental quality related problems such as space, indoor air quality, office workers' thermal comfort, productivity and mental stress. The objective of this study is to examine the effect of indoor plants on physiological/psychological responses and productivity, and to demonstrate the mental healthcare for office workers. In order to clarify the effect of indoor plants, we conducted a demonstration experiment in two rooms of an office. As a result, it was possible to confirm that plants installation in office space has some mental healthcare effects, i.e., relaxation of visual fatigue and some kinds of fatigue feelings.