‘Green’ offices with plants make staff happier and more productive than ‘lean’ designs stripped of greenery, new research shows.
In the first field study of its kind, researchers found enriching a ‘lean’ office with plants could increase productivity by 15%.
The team examined the impact of ‘lean’ and ‘green’ offices on staff’s perceptions of air quality, concentration, and workplace satisfaction, and monitored productivity levels over subsequent months in two large commercial offices in the UK and The Netherlands.