Research Highlights the Impact of Plants and Living Walls on Workplace Productivity

More and more workplaces are being designed to prioritize employee wellness. Even better, changes made in the office that increase wellness and result in better performance are a win-win. New research from Finnish indoor nature technology company, Naava, showed that biophilic design in a workspace has significant health benefits and ultimately lead to better performance – employees make 43% fewer mistakes in the presence of plants or living walls. Browse the images below to see how our teammates transform the workplace by introducing biophilic influences.

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“We are much more creative and smarter outdoors. In nature, we think more clearly, solve problems more efficiently, and are less prone to stress factors. Still, we choose to spend 22 hours a day indoors,” said Aki Soudunsaari, Co-founder at Naava. “On the contrary, most workplaces today are entirely uninspiring at best, and, at worst, they are actually detrimental to our health. They bombard our senses with stress-inducing stimuli like unnatural lighting and artificially sterilized air – we’re starved of the therapeutic effects of nature that we as humans are genetically programmed to thrive in.” (Boston Real Estate Times)

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