This project started as a conversation between Andrew, Tim, Nathan and myself. We were discussing the TED Talk given by Karmal Meattle. He had been diagnosed with serious respiratory issues because of the air quality in New Delhi and wanted to do something about it. He started to look at a NASA study on how plants can drastically improve the air quality in sealed spaces. He then started to bring plants into all the buildings his architecture firm built, and has now made a business out of these "green buildings". So all of us looked at each other and all the new materials in this center and said, "Wouldn't it be awesome to build on of these systems." So we did a lot of research and determined that the best plants for our space were golden pothos, snake plant, and palms and dracaena. These plants are ideal for their air cleaning properties and the ease of their care. They work together in a very special way. Snake plants go through respiration at night and palm trees and dracaena go through respiration during the day. The pothos are very special, they not only create oxygen but the also metabolize chemicals such as VOC's, TCE's, and other harmful chemicals. These things can cause respiratory irritation, cancer, allergies, and asthma. It is very important that the people who work in the Center for Student Innovation at RIT can breathe in clean air and stay healthy. These systems can easily be adapted to smaller scales for the home or personal office.
Here is a link to the TED Talk that started all of this:
http://www.ted.com/talks/kamal_meattle_on_how_to_grow_your_own_fresh_air.html
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