[HTML][HTML] How can vegetation protect us from air pollution? A critical review on green spaces' mitigation abilities for air-borne particles from a public health perspective …

A Diener, P Mudu - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Air pollution causes the largest death toll among environmental risks globally, but
interventions to purify ambient air remain inadequate. Vegetation and green spaces have …

Effect of green wall installation on urban heat island and building energy use: A climate-informed systematic literature review

T Susca, F Zanghirella, L Colasuonno… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Urban Heat Island (UHI) is a worldwide threat affecting building energy demand,
public health, and energy security. Green wall deployment can simultaneously positively …

Indoor air quality: a review of cleaning technologies

TM Mata, AA Martins, CSC Calheiros, F Villanueva… - Environments, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aims: Indoor air quality (IAQ) has attracted increased attention with the emergence of COVID-
19. Ventilation is perhaps the area in which the most changes have been proposed in …

[HTML][HTML] A review of plants formaldehyde metabolism: Implications for hazardous emissions and phytoremediation

WX Peng, X Yue, H Chen, NL Ma, Z Quan, Q Yu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The wide use of hazardous formaldehyde (CH 2 O) in disinfections, adhesives and wood-
based furniture leads to undesirable emissions to indoor environments. This is highly …

Current state of indoor air phytoremediation using potted plants and green walls

S Bandehali, T Miri, H Onyeaka, P Kumar - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
Urban civilization has a high impact on the environment and human health. The pollution
level of indoor air can be 2–5 times higher than the outdoor air pollution, and sometimes it …

Phytoremediation for the indoor environment: a state-of-the-art review

S Matheson, R Fleck, PJ Irga, FR Torpy - Reviews in Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Poor indoor air quality has become of particular concern within the built environment due to
the time people spend indoors, and the associated health burden. Volatile organic …

Health and wellness in commercial buildings: Systematic review of sustainable building rating systems and alignment with contemporary research

JJ McArthur, C Powell - Building and environment, 2020 - Elsevier
While sustainability rating systems for buildings have been established for nearly 20 years,
systems to specifically recognize healthy buildings are much more recent arrivals to the …

[HTML][HTML] Chrysanthemum, an ornamental genus with considerable medicinal value: A comprehensive review

H Hadizadeh, L Samiei, A Shakeri - South African Journal of Botany, 2022 - Elsevier
Chrysanthemum is a dicotyledonous genus belonging to the family Asteraceae. These
herbaceous annual or perennial plants originated in East Asia and are of great ornamental …

Air pollutants removal using biofiltration technique: a challenge at the frontiers of sustainable environment

K Sheoran, SS Siwal, D Kapoor, N Singh… - ACS Engineering …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Air pollution is a central problem faced by industries during the production process. The
control of this pollution is essential for the environment and living organisms as it creates …

[HTML][HTML] Microbially-assisted phytoremediation toward air pollutants: Current trends and future directions

A Maurya, D Sharma, M Partap, R Kumar… - … Technology & Innovation, 2023 - Elsevier
Plants, microbes, and their mutualistic associations are well known for degrading or
removing harmful pollutants by various modes of remediation mechanisms in both the …