Biophilic Meeting Spaces

One way to create healthier office environments is by adding biophilic elements (natural elements) such as plants, water and daylighting. Natural features can reduce stress and improve air quality, leading to happier and healthier employees and work spaces.

A living lab was conducted in meeting spaces at the Provada real estate conference in Amsterdam, in June 2019. Three meeting spaces were evaluated and each contained a different type of biophilic innovation:

1. Control room (no biophilic interventions)

2. Biophilic imagery room (image of nature in the room)

3. Biophilic installation room (with a green wall with live plants installed)

What we measured:

• Air quality in the meeting rooms with a uHoo air quality monitoring device (including carbon dioxide, temperature, humidity, fine dust and volatile organic compounds)
• Feedback from meeting room users about their wellbeing in the different rooms (level of alertness and perception of the meeting room as a pleasant work environment)