Use of living pot-plants to cleanse indoor air - Research review

IAQVEC 2007 Proceedings - 6th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings: Sustainable Built Environment

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 249-256

  Tarran, Jane ^a   Torpy, Fraser ^a   Burchett, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

IAQ; Indoor air; Indoor plant; Pollution reduction; VOC

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; CITY-DWELLERS; ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS; HEALTH ISSUES; IAQ; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR PLANTS; INDOOR POLLUTANTS; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; LABORATORY STUDIES; LOW-COST TECHNOLOGY; POLLUTION REDUCTION; RESEARCH REVIEW; STANDARD TECHNOLOGY; TOTAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; WELLBEING;

BUILDINGS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST ENGINEERING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 84857480671     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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