Taking Care of Both Employee Health and Productivity with Green Walls

Naava Korea Boosts Plant Air Purification Efficiency Up to 190 Times with AI-Managed Green Wall

Green wall installed in the Persys Busan Center showroom.
Photo by Naava Korea

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Jong-hwa] Is it possible to make office air as fresh as forest air? Generally, it is known that in typical buildings, 100 potted plants per 1㎡ are needed to achieve air purification efficiency comparable to ventilation systems.

However, recently, a technology has been developed that maintains and manages indoor air like a forest by utilizing a biofilter that increases the air purification efficiency of plants by up to 190 times. Arithmetically, only about half a pot per 1㎡ is needed to achieve air purification efficiency equivalent to ventilation systems.

The health tech company 'Naava Korea' combines plants and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to effectively apply 'Biophilic Design' to office environments. Through the plant air purification solution 'Naava,' developed in Finland, it improves indoor air quality.

Naava's core technology lies in the biofilter that anchors plants in a specially developed 'inorganic growth medium' instead of ordinary soil. When a 'plant wall (green wall)' equipped with a biofilter and AI is created through biophilic design, the biofilter inside the green wall increases the air purification efficiency of soil plants by up to 190 times, and AI manages the plants in an optimized mode.

In fact, the green wall naturally removes humidity, fine dust, and volatile organic compounds, improving overall indoor air quality, and increases 'oxytocin,' known as the happiness hormone, by 15 times, providing psychological stability as well.

Recently aired on 'KBS Secrets of Life and Death ? In the Era of Pandemic, We Prescribe Green for You' was a case of Google Norway Office applying Naava's Biophilic Design, which became a hot topic. As a result of introducing the green wall to the office, both employee health and productivity improved. Jan Gronbak, former head of Google Norway, mentioned, "Since installing the plant wall in the office, the number of short-term sick leaves taken by employees has dropped to the lowest level ever," proving the effect of the biophilic design green wall.

As the effectiveness of the green wall has been proven, Naava Korea's domestic market pioneering is in full swing. The first step is collaboration with the major domestic furniture brand, Fursys. On the 14th of last month, Naava Korea installed Naava's green wall in the Fursys Busan Center showroom, introducing it as an eco-friendly space pursuing 'Wellness.'

Lee Nam-gyu, CEO of Naava Korea, said, "Through the collaboration between the office environment specialist Fursys and the health tech company Naava Korea, we hope that the value of wellness will be added to the Fursys Busan showroom where Naava has been introduced," and added, "We will continue to collaborate with Fursys to expand wellness office environments that overcome the pandemic era."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.