MOSS LAB

 

Plants offer a host of benefits indoors, including pollutant removal and reductions in building energy consumption. Significant research is published on the ability of plants to ameliorate acoustics, relative humidity, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, VOCs, and occupant wellbeing.

 

Limited studies, however, examine the multifaceted effects of large-scale green interventions on building occupants in combination with optimizations of the physical environment. We aim to bridge a research gap between the realistic benefits of large-scale indoor green and the public, and to do so we aim to run an experiment undertaking trials using live plants. 

90% of our time is spent indoors. By the time most of us hit 40, we’ve spent 36 years indoors. The spaces we inhabit affect:

 

• The workers:
  • Productivity
  • Blood pressure
  • Heart rate
  • Cortisol levels
  • Absenteeism
• A room’s:
  • Air quality
  • CO2 level
  • Humidity / temperature
  • Energy needs
  • Acoustics

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Interested in this research, please contact us! We are looking for parties who would like to:

 

• Share knowledge
• Participate
• Collaborate
• Become sponsor

MAKERS OF SUSTAINABLE SPACES

“THE ONLY WAY TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS IS TO ATTRACT SMART CREATIVES AND PUT THEM IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN SUCCEED AT SCALE”

– Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google –

MOSS LAB is led by Kelai Diebel

Together with the Wageningen University ACT (Academic Consultancy Training), MOSS is working with a team of Masters’s students to explore, reveal, and unleash the impact of biophilic spaces. Our international team includes different disciplines, ages, nationalities, approaches to studies, and life views. Meet the team!

 

ACT TEAM

 

Process Coach | Cor Langeveld

Academic Advisor | Tia Hermans

Controller | Shynar Makirat

Manager | Romee Heemstra

Secretary | Xi Yu

Member | Thomas van Egmond

Member | Marlies Elbertse

Member | Isabel Baken