In the cities, we are surrounded by concrete, traffic, noise and pollution. This has a negative impact on our health, a profound impact on our physical and mental well-being. Greenery positively influences our day to day life cycle.
Spiritual
Terra Living Walls can provide a substantial and spiritual link to nature that is missing in the modern cities. Terra Living Walls truly connect "PEOPLE TO NATURE and NATURE TO PEOPLE."
Increased work productivity
According to scientific reports carried out at American and European Universities, simply having a view of plants in a working environment gives positive psychological responses. This translates into greater employee efficiency resulting in increased profitability for a company.
Furthermore, having plants indoors reduces symptoms of discomfort (Kaplan 2001). This decreases the number of days off due to “sickness”. Gardens that are incorporated into hospitals, calm patients, leading to the improvement in clinical outcomes and shortened stays (Ulrich 1983).
Air quality
Air quality is an important aspect of health and wellness, and plants have been proven to filter and remove toxins. They also add energy rich oxygen. With each additional plant, these benefits are multiplied. A Terra Living Wall systems, therefore have a major positive impact. This is explained in more detail under the Indoor Air Quality section.
Physical benefits
A study carried out at Washington State University had participants’ blood pressure and their emotions monitored while completing a simple, timed computer task in the presence or absence of plants. It concluded that when plants were added to this interior space, the participants were more productive (12% quicker reaction time) and less stressed (lower blood pressure). In addition, immediately after completing the task, participants in the room with plants present reported feeling more attentive than people in the room with no plants.
Plants help people to feel more relaxed and focused, which leads to an increase in productivity, creativity, idea generation, and problem solving capabilities.
Another study was carried out at the Norwegian Agricultural University with the goal of assessing the effect of plants in an office on the health and symptoms of discomfort among office personnel. During randomized periods, the subjects were exposed to bare office environments and to ones where plants were within view. It was found that during the periods that plants were present, symptoms such as cough, fatigue, and dry/itchy skin decrease at 37%, 30% and 23% respectively.
If people have a view of foliage and feel healthier at work, it is because of plants being present. The number of days off due to “sickness” decreases. When there is more oxygen in the air, we feel more alert and awake.
It has been proven that hospitals which incorporate gardens have been shown to have calmer patients, thus improving their well-being and fostering improvement in clinical outcomes such, as reducing pain medication intake and shortening stays. This reduces the number of people in hospitals, the staffing and medicinal requirements and makes waiting times shorter, which therefore could reduce operating cost.
Instead of installing an expensive system to add extra oxygen to the air, use what nature has given us and incorporate hundreds of plants organized into an artistic Terra Living Wall system. It is cheaper, has lower operating costs, uses much less electricity, constantly filters the air and has positive physiological benefits.