Thomas, C; Shrubsole, C; Altamirano-Medina, H; (2017) The Impact of a Living Wall on the Air Quality in a WELL Certified Office Meeting Room: A Pilot Study. In: Proceedings of the MC2017 Masters Conference People and Buildings. Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings: London, UK.

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Research of living walls conducted in real life settings is limited. Analysis of how systems works in occupied office settings, can provide information to help reduce energy used in ventilation. Active living walls may offer an alternative to a regular mechanical ventilation as it reduces the need to extract and filter fresh air. Indoor air quality (IAQ) in the meeting room was tested in various scenarios using calibrated monitoring instruments. Preliminary results indicate that using the active living wall as the main mode of ventilation in the meeting space, temperature, CO2, and particulate matter (PM) levels were all within industrial benchmark guidelines. With further studies, different plant types, weather conditions and room sizes providing more in-depth knowledge that can be used to perfect the system, the hope of a future involving the switch from a traditional mechanical ventilation system to this innovative system may be viable.

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