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6. Experimental Study and Results
Based on the reviewed literature and the mentioned case studies, an online survey has been conducted to evaluate indoor plantation effect on human satisfaction level. As expressed earlier the
indoor environment quality has strong influence on human heath, performance and productivity. Enhancing the indoor environment will result enhancements on the mentioned factors. The
survey was launched online and shared randomly in order to get more feedback on this matter.
There was a variety among participants as students and employees, such as architects, engineers,
designers, administrators, project managers and academics, who participated in the survey. The
total number of responses was 76, age range was wide, between 14 and 62 years, though 63% of
the participants were between the age of 21 and 40. 90% of the survey contributors were residents of the UAE while the rest were from the gulf region.
The objective of conducting this survey was to recognize the perspectives of the building users
regarding their surrounding environment, and the ability of indoor plants to affect the comfort
and wellbeing of those users. In this survey, a link between occupants health and the surrounding
has been established so that the results become more relevant to the body health and comfort,
comfort and interaction between them and the environment around them; 95% of them were in
good health while 5% have gotten different types of chronic diseases like diabetes, asthma, and
other allergies. The following section is showing the survey questions and the gathered results
along with the discussion on them (Table 1) shows the gender proportion.
Table 1: Participant gender percentage
All Data
Male
Female
Standard Deviation
Responses
24
(31.58%)
52
(68.42%)
14
76
The place where an individual spend most of the daily hours, where preparing this certain space
will be more effective in human comfort and there for contentment level, in Table 2, it shows that
57.89% of participant spend over 8 hours a day at office while residential comes in the second
place.
• Question 1: Where do you spend most of your time during the day? (Table 2)
Table 2: Most stayed venue for survey users
All Data
Home
School
University
Office
Other
(Please
Specify)
Responses
27
(35.53%)
19
(25%)
44
(57.89%)
4
(5.26%)
6
(7.89%)
76
In an attempt to be conversant with the participant, indoor environment where they interact and
accomplish their duties are studied.
• Question 2: How do you describe the level of plantation inside your indoor environment
(home-school-office)? (Table 3)
Table 3: Plantation levels
All Data
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Other
(Please
Specify)
Responses
27
(35.53%)
32
(42.11%)
11
(14.47%)
4
(5.26%)
1
(1.32%)
2
(2.63%)
5
(6.58%)
76
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