20%+
more than one in five office workers dissatisfied regardless of WELL certification
Exact: More than 20%
Over 1 in 5 office workers dissatisfied with their physical environment regardless of certification
Despite WELL certification being designed to improve the built environment for occupants, over a fifth of all survey respondents reported dissatisfaction with their physical environment. This held true across both WELL-certified and uncertified workplaces, suggesting certification alone does not guarantee occupant satisfaction.
More than 20% of respondents were dissatisfied with the physical environment regardless of being WELL or non-WELL certified.
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+0.5
greater self-reported attentiveness with indoor plants present
Participants in the room with plants reported feeling 0.5 points more attentive (on a 1–5 scale) after completing the task
Virginia I. Lohr et al., 1996, Journal of Environmental Horticulture
12%
faster task completion with indoor plants present
Adding plants to a windowless computer lab made participants 12% quicker on a timed computer task
Virginia I. Lohr et al., 1996, Journal of Environmental Horticulture
nature-view patients had shorter hospital stays than wall-view patients
Patients with a nature window view had shorter postoperative hospital stays
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