BENEFITS OF PLANTS IN YOUR DORMITORY, HOME, AND OFFICE
Well… research has shown that
plants offer environmental benefits such as the ability to
improve air quality by removing VOC’s (volatile organic
compounds) as well as adding humidity into the area. This is
important since most indoor environments are air conducted
which removes moisture from the air, and include furniture
and carpeting that gives off gasses unhealthy chemicals.
Other research has shown that
plants remove dust from indoor environments, this is not only
good for people but also benefits computers by limiting dust
accumulation which can over heat components. Additionally,
plants offer aesthetic and emotional values that are of
equal or even greater importance. For instance plants have
been shown to
reduce stress, increase productivity, and assist in reducing
fatigue and
aid in health recovery. These are just a few examples why you
should have plants where you work, live, and study.
Purpose of this
Website
This website was created to help
students and other individuals grow plants in their dorms,
homes, or offices. This website was made to help you
with the plant selection process and to help your plant thrive
at its location.
This website was also created for
University of Hawaii at Manoa students and faculty members to
gain knowledge about their lush landscape environment.
Plant names and a location descriptions are given to inform
them about plants grown on campus.
This website was developed at
University of Hawaii at
Manoa in the
College of Tropical Agriculture and
Human Resources. A thank you goes out to the
University of Hawaii Women's Campus
Club that gave out
the grant that made this website possible. Thank you
also to Dr. Kent Kobayashi and Dr. Andrew Kaufman of the
Tropical Plant and Soil Science
Department, who wrote
the grant proposal and came up with the idea for this
website. Thank you to A. Ohama who put this website
together.
Contact Information
Kent Kobayashi
kentko@hawaii.edu
Andrew Kaufman
kaufmana@hawaii.edu
Webmaster: A. Ohama
aohama@hawaii.edu |