28
breadth of health outcomes examined across campus outdoor space studies
Exact: 28 student health indicators
Research in this area covered 28 distinct student health indicators across five major themes
Across the 60 included studies, researchers investigated five major themes of campus outdoor spaces and measured 28 student health indicators. These spanned physical, mental, and social health domains, with environmental and physical–mental health measured via both subjective assessments and objective data, while social health relied primarily on self-reported perceptions.
The research topics were diverse, covering five major themes of campus outdoor spaces and 28 student health indicators.
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147
scale of systematic review on building environment and emotional engineering
A systematic review covered 147 studies on building environment assessment using emotional engineering methods
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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
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