TECHNICAL NOTE
Different indoor plants have different abilities to help improve
indoor air quality
The ability to improve
varies between different indoor plants.
A number of reference materials are available for selecting indoor plants that can help to improve
Read more at:
1) Wolverton, B.C. (1997). How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 House Plants that Purify Your Home or Office.
Middlesex: Penguin Books.
2) Environmental Protection Administration Executive Tuan, R.O.C.(Taiwan) (n.d.).
Application and Management of Indoor Air Purification Plants. Retrieved 2 April 2013, from
3) Wolverton, B.C. (1997). Eco Friendly Houseplants: 50 Indoor Plants That Purify the Air. London:
Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrate.
4) Dong Sik Yang, Svoboda V. Pennisi, Ki-Choel Son, Stanley J. Kays. (2009). Screening Indoor Plants for
Volatile rganic Pollutant Removal Efficiency. HortScience 44(5):1377-1381. Abstract retrieved from
5) Kim KJ et al. (2010). Variation in Formaldehyde Removal Efficiency among Indoor Plant Species.
HortScience 45(10):1489-1495. Abstract retrieved from
4.4.4 Professional help
It is important to engage professionals for detailed consultation on the implementation of indoor landscaping in
shopping malls and shop spaces. The following is a list of references for obtaining professional help:
• Registered architects – Appendix A (1)
• Authorised persons (AP) & registered structural engineers (RSE) – Appendix A (2)
• Landscape architects – Appendix A (3)
• Registered professional engineers (RPE) in the building services discipline – Appendix A (4)
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Appendix A (7)
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