Effect of Lighting Environment on the CO<sub>2</sub> Concentration Reduction Efficiency of Plants by a Model Experiment
Plants have the potential to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> concentration, but their photosynthesis is directly influenced by the indoor lighting environment. As a result, the efficiency of indoor plants is limited by indoor lighting environment. In order to explore the effect of lighting environ...
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| author | Nan Ding Fudan Liu Xiaoling Ding Lianyu Yan Xi Meng |
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| description | Plants have the potential to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> concentration, but their photosynthesis is directly influenced by the indoor lighting environment. As a result, the efficiency of indoor plants is limited by indoor lighting environment. In order to explore the effect of lighting environments on the reduction of indoor CO<sub>2</sub> concentration by indoor plants, three representative lighting environments were constructed, including a natural lighting environment, a poor lighting environment and an all-day lighting environment, while five common plants were selected to be planted in five transparent sealed chambers. Experimental results show that the lighting environment affected the CO<sub>2</sub> concentration largely in transparent sealed chambers. Compared to the transparent sealed chamber without plants, the highest and average CO<sub>2</sub> concentrations were increased by from 47.9% to 160.9% and from 21.6% to 132.4% in the poor lighting environment, respectively, while they decreased by from 60.4% to 84.6% and from 71.4% to 89.7% in the all-day lighting environment. This indicated that plants did not purify the indoor air consistently. Among the selected plants, the most suitable houseplant was <i>Scindapsus aureus</i>, followed by <i>Chlorophytum comosum</i> and <i>Bambusa multiplex</i>. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5a595a9fe4314b128474af90426481db2023-11-24T03:58:38ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092022-11-011211184810.3390/buildings12111848Effect of Lighting Environment on the CO<sub>2</sub> Concentration Reduction Efficiency of Plants by a Model ExperimentNan Ding0Fudan Liu1Xiaoling Ding2Lianyu Yan3Xi Meng4School of Art and Design, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266033, ChinaInnovation Institute for Sustainable Maritime Architecture Research and Technology, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266033, ChinaFaculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808-0135, JapanInnovation Institute for Sustainable Maritime Architecture Research and Technology, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266033, ChinaInnovation Institute for Sustainable Maritime Architecture Research and Technology, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266033, ChinaPlants have the potential to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> concentration, but their photosynthesis is directly influenced by the indoor lighting environment. As a result, the efficiency of indoor plants is limited by indoor lighting environment. In order to explore the effect of lighting environments on the reduction of indoor CO<sub>2</sub> concentration by indoor plants, three representative lighting environments were constructed, including a natural lighting environment, a poor lighting environment and an all-day lighting environment, while five common plants were selected to be planted in five transparent sealed chambers. Experimental results show that the lighting environment affected the CO<sub>2</sub> concentration largely in transparent sealed chambers. Compared to the transparent sealed chamber without plants, the highest and average CO<sub>2</sub> concentrations were increased by from 47.9% to 160.9% and from 21.6% to 132.4% in the poor lighting environment, respectively, while they decreased by from 60.4% to 84.6% and from 71.4% to 89.7% in the all-day lighting environment. This indicated that plants did not purify the indoor air consistently. Among the selected plants, the most suitable houseplant was <i>Scindapsus aureus</i>, followed by <i>Chlorophytum comosum</i> and <i>Bambusa multiplex</i>.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/12/11/1848lighting environmentCO<sub>2</sub> concentrationindoor plants |
| spellingShingle | Nan Ding Fudan Liu Xiaoling Ding Lianyu Yan Xi Meng Effect of Lighting Environment on the CO<sub>2</sub> Concentration Reduction Efficiency of Plants by a Model Experiment Buildings lighting environment CO<sub>2</sub> concentration indoor plants |
| title | Effect of Lighting Environment on the CO<sub>2</sub> Concentration Reduction Efficiency of Plants by a Model Experiment |
| title_full | Effect of Lighting Environment on the CO<sub>2</sub> Concentration Reduction Efficiency of Plants by a Model Experiment |
| title_fullStr | Effect of Lighting Environment on the CO<sub>2</sub> Concentration Reduction Efficiency of Plants by a Model Experiment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Lighting Environment on the CO<sub>2</sub> Concentration Reduction Efficiency of Plants by a Model Experiment |
| title_short | Effect of Lighting Environment on the CO<sub>2</sub> Concentration Reduction Efficiency of Plants by a Model Experiment |
| title_sort | effect of lighting environment on the co sub 2 sub concentration reduction efficiency of plants by a model experiment |
| topic | lighting environment CO<sub>2</sub> concentration indoor plants |
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