OT: Growing fresh air indoors

[David Neeley <dbneeley -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Unfortunately, I have been in offices that had very poor air 
quality--which I always thought was one reason it was difficult to 
concentrate in them. Turns out I may well have been right...and there is 
something we can do about it.

This might especially be a good idea for those who freelance or 
telecommute, since the air quality of many homes is even worse than that 
of most offices.

This Jetson Green article includes a brief TED talk, introducing three 
common house plants highlighted by extensive NASA research that when 
combined in a home can both convert CO2 to oxygen during day and night, 
a swell as clear the air of volatile organics such as formaldehyde. The 
gentleman giving the talk began to experiment with this fifteen years 
ago, and now there is a well documented office building in Delhi using 
these to provide clean air for the occupants. Among other things, he 
cites a one percent increase in blood oxygen for people in that building 
for a ten hour period as well as a surprising increase in productivity.

This has the outstanding benefit of reducing energy use in a home or 
office, since fewer air changes are required for healthy air inside, 
thus also reducing the heating and cooling loads on the place.

http://www.jetsongreen.com/2011/03/how-to-clean-air-indoor-plants.html 
<http://www.jetsongreen.com/2011/03/how-to-clean-air-indoor-plants.html?>

I hope you may find this helpful...

David
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