The study was surveyed to 269 respondents for investigating psychological response to indoor foliage plants grouped by four type of design materials. 21 indoor foliage plants grouped as filler, mass, form, and line plant, are shown to each respondent for surveying the preference and emotion by SD (semantic differential) scale. It was statically significant that the filler plant group was the least preferred one between the indoor foliage plant and the preference of line plant group was the highest. In filler plant Scindapsus aureus is significantly favored, in mass plant Aglaonema crispum and Syngonium podophyllum, in form plant Ficus banghalensis in line plant Dracaena fragrans ‘Lemon Lime’, respectively. The green is the most preferred color of leaf and gray is the least one. When investigated on the major emotions felt with four types of indoor foliage plant with SD scale, filler plant felt as ‘Bright’, ‘Light’, ‘Pale’, mass plant ‘Warm’, ‘Sharp’, form plant ‘Simple’, ‘Luxurious’ and line plant ‘Sophisticated’, ‘Luxurious’, ‘Pleasant’, ‘Soft’ and ‘Fancy’, respectively. This result will be valuable when the indoor garden is designed with an indoor foliage plant.

This study was conducted to know the visual preference and emotional change for the cut-flower decoration at public indoor space by using vertical, horizontal, and round type which are generally used. The investigation was done with 173 participants of National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science in 3 indoor areas designed with cut-flower decoration and 1 area of public place without it, respectively. Psychological evaluation was analyzed with the visual preference of cut flower shape and Semantic Differential method. In addition, the general awareness, loyalty and importance for cut-flower decoration were investigated. Statistical analysis was carried out with paired t-test, one-way ANOVA, cross correlation analysis, and analysis of frequency. As the result of evaluating the emotion of subjects with Semantic Differential, the feeling of comfort, nature and calm were significantly high in the public indoor space with cut-flower decoration. When we surveyed the feeling for the 3 type of cut-flower decoration with 14 pairs of emotional vocabulary, the participants felt ‘tranquil’ and ‘comfortable’ in the public indoor space with horizontal and round shaped decoration while they felt ‘strong’ and ‘anxious’ in the space with vertical shaped decoration. The preference of decoration forms was significantly high with round > horizontal > vertical type in order and vertical shape was highly preferred in twenties and sixties groups compared to other types significantly. In conclusion, we could recommend that round type decoration can be used in indoor place where comfort and calm are required and vertical form will be appropriate for challenging and vibrant twenties and depressed sixties with ageing. This customized cut-flower decoration will improve the environment quality of employment.

This study investigates and analyzed the psychological effect of existence or non-existence of cut-flowers decoration in the conference place by the presenting eight colors of decorations (white, pink, blue, orange, red, green, purple, and yellow) to the participants, 103 numbers of genders. The measurement of psychological condition was carried out and compared with an attention recovery scale, profile of mood states (POMS) and semantic differential (SD method). In addition, paired t-test, One way ANAVA and Pearson’s correlation analysis were used for the statistical analysis. As the result of investigation for the general awareness of cut-flower decoration, the most priority is its color tone and 57.3% of participants which is the highest portion answered that the amount of annual investment for cut-flower decoration is 20,000～99,000 Won. According to the result of comparison for three psychological indexes, the attention recovery scale was significantly higher in the area with cut-flower decoration than the area without it. In POMS, it showed the negative emotions, such as, tension-anxiety, depression, confusion was low while the positive emotion like vigor was significantly higher in the area with cut-flower decoration than the area without it. In addition, the participants could feel the pleasant, natural and clam significantly more in the conference place with cut-flower decoration than the area without it. The order of color preference of cut-flower was Green > White > Pink > Blue > Yellow > Purple > Orange > Red with significant difference. Also, as the result of investigation for the color sensibility of its tone of the cut-flower decoration in conference place with SD method, the participants could feel ‘comfortable’ and ‘calm’ the most with green, white and blue decoration while ‘strong’, ‘vibrant’, ‘uneasy’ of feeling was shown the most in red and orange decoration and ‘warm’, ‘fancy’ in yellow. Based on the result of this study, the workers can have positive psychological effects by having cut-flower decoration or using appropriate colors with cut-flower decoration in the uncomfortable area, such as, conference place.

This study is conducted with the questionnaire survey of 174 participants to investigate the psychological effect of workers with the indoor-garden in lounge of public building. The measurement of mental state was investigated and compared with loyalty, attention restoration, profile of mood states (POMS) and semantic differential method (SD Method) while statistical analysis was compared and analyzed with paired t-test, frequency analysis, cross correlation analysis, one-way analysis of variance, and Pearson’s correlation analysis. As the result of analysis of three psychological index, the rate of attention of restoration to the worker was significantly higher in the area where the indoor-garden is installed than the area with no indoor-garden (p≦0.001). Emotional examination showed less negative emotions, such as, the tension, depression, anger, exhaustion or confusion while more positive feeling was vitalized in the area where there is indoor-garden in the lounge than the place with no garden. In addition, as the result of comparison for the index of emotion by gender, negative emotions of men decrease but positive feeling increase more than the group of women in the area where there is indoor-garden in the lounge than the place with no garden. As the result of evaluating the emotion of pleasant, natural and relax with SD method, worker might feel them more in indoor-garden of lounge. Detailed items of plant does not seem to affect to the loyalty in the interest of indoor-garden to the workers, however, behavioral element, such as, feasible investment-cost, provides extremely positive effect (p≦.05). Based on this study, the cognizance of healing effect, attention restoration, profile of mood state (POMS) and emotional quotient by the existence of indoor-garden can be concluded that it will provide the positive effects to diffuse indoor-garden and promotion of emotional health for the staff. In addition, indoor-garden can be practically used to reduce the stress and provide the stability of the indoor-staff.

This study analyzed the questionnaire of 279 participants which counted 26 cases out of total 305 participants. It is organized to find out the influence of indoor-plants for green interior of psychological effect, general awareness and the color or shape of indoor-plants in dining/living area to the preference of consumers and emotional image. 74.6% of participants had the experience of purchasing the indoor-plants for green interior. As the result of general awareness of green interior, the most important factor when the green interior was organized was the shape of plants and the most selected possible amount of investment to the installation was less than 100,000 won which is not high enough. As the result of investigation on participant’s awareness of effect of indoor-plant, 99.3% of participants which was the highest portion answered ‘Indoor-plants improve the psychological stability’ from the selection of five kinds of indoor-plant’s effects. More than 50% of participants showed high interests to the green interior in dining/living area as they selected ‘Preferred’. Decoration of cut-flower and eruption are preferred as the design of dining area. The preference order of 5 types of colors for green interior was white> green> pink> yellow> red and showed significant difference. As the result of investigation on color sensitivity of green-interior area with Standard Deviation method, white and green stimulus group highly shows the emotion of “Clam” and “Comfortable”. In addition, red and pink stimulus group feels hard the emotion, “Fancy”. Cut flower decoration was highly preferred when living area is decorated with 76.6%. Also, there was significant difference in the shapes of green interior in living area with the order of horizontal> round>vertical. According to the result of study on emotional difference with green interior of living area with Standard Deviation, horizontal way has “Calm”, “Comfortable” while vertical provides “Heavy” and “Strong”. This study tries to provide the useful and positive possibility of design direction and improvement of consumption of indoor green-interior by understanding of psychological effect and awareness of indoor-plan.

This study was carried out to investigate the formaldehyde (FA) filtration pattern of additional media for indoor biofilter system. Dry pellet type activated carbon (PAC), activated clay (ACL), zeolite, diatomite, pumice and loess ceramic ball were tested. In the case of dry filter media, formaldehyde purification efficiency was the most excellent with activated clay and then was good with the activated carbon, diatomite, zeolite, and pumice order. PAC and ACL decreased the FA concentration with exponential pattern resulted from dynamic balance between emission and purification. Zeolite, diatomite, pumice, and loess ceramic ball showed high filtration rate at initial time and then increased FA concentration result from breakthrough. PAC, zeolite and diatomite could be recommended as additional filter media for biofilter system considering FA filtration and breakthrough characteristics. FA filtration and breakthrough characteristics were improved with wet media except PAC and ACL. In particular, purification performance improvement and breakthrough mitigation were higher in pumice and loess ceramic balls. PAC+ZEO mixing showed the most high purification performance and breakthrough mitigation in all mixing methods. Thus mixture of PAC with zeolite and vertical mixing could be recommended as additional filter media to improve the FA purification ability and pressure drop with indoor air biofilter system.

This study was carried out to investigate growth characteristics of plants in accordance with irrigation period and to find the optimum irrigation conditions for plants that help to improve the indoor environment. Four foliage plants used in this study included Chlorophytum comosum, Dieffenbachia amoena ‘Marianne’, Epipremnum aureum, and Spathiphyllum spp.. The plants cultivated in three different irrigation frequency: 2 times/week; 1 time/week; and 1 time/2 weeks. As a result, average soil moisture content of four foliage plants for one month measurement period, 2 times/week, 1 time/week, and 1 time/2 weeks were maintained at 47.3±3.0%, 17.3±2.0%, and 10±1.5%, respectively. All four kinds of plants showed a good visible growth in 1 time/week irrigation. Chlorophytum comosum was slowly begin to die in 1 time/2 weeks irrigation and it was completely dead at the end of the experiment. So it is considered that circumspection is needed for drying. Dieffenbachia amoena ‘Marianne’ was dead by each one pot in 2 times/week and 1 time/2 weeks.So it seemed to be a proper watering plants. Epipremnum aureum, and Spathiphyllum spp. showed good growth characteristics regardless of irrigation frequency, it showed good tolerance of the irrigation. In particular, Epipremnum aureum was no significant difference in SPAD value, chlorophyll fluorescence, and leaf water potential according to irrigation frequency, so it was the best plants to irrigation water management.

The seed spray technology prepares for landscape by spraying seeds, fertilizers and other materials but does not consider the relationship of the germination time and temperature of seeds for construction. The purpose of this study is to develop a functional formula that shows the relationship of germination and temperature for using the Papaver orientale L. seeds for the spray technology. The germination test in a chamber was progressed from March to April 2014 and the verification experiment proceeded in a greenhouse in May 2014. After culturing each 100 seeds of Petri dish and Papaver orientale L. seeds on filter beds 4 repetitive times, each 10mL of the first distilled water was sprayed to treat temperature at level 7 and the light source was maintained at 4~4.5μmoles/m2/s. The germination rate was investigated at two-day intervals, and the germination was based on the emergence of 3mm radicles. For experimental verification, seeding was implemented in a greenhouse and daily mean temperatures and germination periods were investigated. As a result of the treatment, based on a 50% germination rate, the functional relation between the temperature and germination period was found to be y = 1/-0.0004x²+ 0.0224x－0.0398, R2 = 0.9441. As the result of the analysis of the cardinal temperature from using graphs of functions, the lowest temperature was 2°C and the optimum temperature was 28°C and the highest temperature was 54°C, but in the actual test, normal germination was made at 5°C and the unusual germination of the final germination rate was below 50% at 35°C. In the experimental verification, as a result of substituting the daily mean temperature with functional formulas, it was found to be 4.4 days and the lapse of time for actual foliation was investigated to be 5.5 days.

본 연구는 그린인테리어용 식물을 활용한 실내 주거공간의 심리적 효과를 알아보기 위해 112명을 대상으로 설문조사하였다. 심리상태측정은 주의회복척도, 단축판 기분상태검사(POMS), 어의구별척도법(SD법)으로 조사하여 빈도분석, 일원배치분산분석, 그리고 Pearson’s 상관분석으로 비교 분석하였다. 그린인테리어에 대한 일반적 인식에 대해 조사한 결과, 그린인테리어 조성시 경관디자인과 식물의 종류를 중요하게 생각하였으며, 설치 투자비용은 200만원 미만이 80.93%, 유지관리비 10~50만원이 81% 이상이었다. 또한 3가지 심리적 지표를 분석한 결과, 주의회복척도는 전체 문항에서 ‘매우 그렇다’고 답변한 대상자의 비율이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 직업군별로 비교한 결과, 회사원보다 주부들의 주의회복력이 더 높았으며 두 직업군 간에 유의한 차이를 보였다. 기분상태검사는 긴장－불안, 우울, 분노, 피로, 그리고 혼란은 낮게, 활력은 높은 경향이었다. 또한 그린인테리어 실내 주거공간에 대한 감성을 SD법으로 알아본 결과, ‘쾌적감, 자연감, 진정감’ 모두 긍정적으로 유의하게 높은 점수 분포를 나타냈다. 3가지 감성어휘에 대한 상관관계를 분석한 결과, 그린인테리어 주거공간에 대해 모든 감정간에 유의하게 높은 상관관계를 보였다. 그린인테리어가 주는 효과에 대한 응답자의 인식을 분석한 결과, 공기정화효과, 거주자의 작업 능률 향상 효과, 심리적 안정 효과, 그리고 인체의 자연치유력을 높이는 효과에 대해 94% 이상으로 긍정적인 반응을 보였다. 그린인테리어효과의 문항간 상관분석 결과, ‘그린인테리어는 심리적 안정 효과를 높여준다’와 ‘그린인테리어는 공기정화효과를 높여준다’는 0.818로 가장 높은 정의 상관관계를 나타냈다. 본 연구결과, 그린인테리어용 식물을 활용함으로써 거주자들의 심리적 안정과 부정적 정서완화 효과가 클 것으로 기대한다.

본 연구는 그린인테리어 오피스에 대한 심리적 효과를 알아보기 위해, 그린인테리어가 되어있는 오피스와 그린인테리어가 되어있 지 않은 오피스 공간에서 본 분야에 전문가이거나 입문한 여성 76 명을 대상으로 조사하였다. 심리상태측정은 주의회복척도, 단축판 기분상태검사(POMS), semantic differential scale(SD법)로 비 교하였으며, 대응표본 t-test, 빈도분석, 일원배치분산분석, 그리고 Pearson’s 상관분석을 실시하였다. 3가지 심리적 지표를 비교한 결과, 주의회복척도는 그린인테리어가 되어있는 공간보다 그린인 테리어가 되어있지 않은 공간에서 유의하게 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 기분상태검사는 그린인테리어가 되어있지 않은 오피스보다 그린 인테리어가 되어있는 오피스에서 긴장-불안, 우울, 분노, 피로, 그 리고 혼란은 낮게, 활력은 유의하게 높게 나타났다(p<0.001). 그러 나 기분상태검사를 나이별로 분석한 결과, 그린인테리어가 되어있 는 오피스 공간에서 긴장-불안, 분노, 피로와 같은 항목들에서 age group간의 유의한 차이가 발생하였다. 전체적인 결과로부터 20대 와 60대의 경우 그린인테리어가 되어있는 오피스의 조건에서 40-50대에 비해 부정적인 감정(긴장-불안, 분노, 피로, 혼란)을 많 이 보였고 긍정적인 감정(활력)은 적게 나타낸 것으로 파악되었다. 또한 SD법을 이용한 쾌적감, 자연감, 그리고 진정감에 대한 인상을 평가한 결과, 그린인테리어가 되어있는 오피스에서 유의하게 높게 나타났다. 그린인테리어가 주는 효과에 대한 인식을 분석한 결과, 공기정화효과, 근로자의 작업 능률 향상 효과, 심리적 안정 효과, 그 리고 인체의 자연치유력을 높이는 효과는 전부 96% 이상으로 나타 났고, 아토피 치유효과는 88.6%로 나타나 그린인테리어에 대해 긍 정적으로 인식하고 있는 것으로 판단되었다. 또한 상관분석 결과, ‘그린인테리어는 공기정화 효과를 높여준다’와 ‘그린인테리어는 심리적 안정 효과를 높여준다’는 0.659로 가장 높은 정의 상관관계 를 나타냈다. 이러한 결과는 그린힐링오피스를 만들기 위해 그린인 테리어를 활용하는 것에 대한 유용한 가능성을 보여주는 것으로 생 각된다.

급속한 도시화로 인하여 도시 내부에 획일적인 도시 구조물이 건설되었다. 이것은 도시의 경관을 악화시켰다. 이러한 도시 경관 을 개선하기 위한 방법은 도심지 녹지 면적의 확대이다. 하지만 도 시 공간은 다양한 환경조건에 의해 미기후가 만들어지고 이로 인하 여 동일 종 · 지역이라도 개화기의 차이가 발생한다. 이러한 식물계 절의 차이는 도시 경관을 고려한 녹지 조성 시 식물 사용의 어려움 을 준다. 때문에 본 연구에서는 식물계절 예측을 위하여 맹아 80% 수준까지 필요한 적산온도를 구명하였다. 연구 결과 대체적으로 처 리 온도가 고온일수록 맹아기를 촉진하였다. 하지만 식물의 특성에 따라 일정 수준 이상의 고온은 식물의 맹아기를 억제하는 현상이 나타났다. 식물별 개화속도는 산수유, 히어리, 개나리 순이었다. 하 지만 15℃ 수준에서는 일시적으로 개나리가 히어리보다 맹아속도 가 빠르게 나타났으며 20℃에서는 개나리가 히어리보다 맹아속도가 빠르게 나타났다. 그리고 맹아율 80% 수준에 필요한 적산온도는 산수유 169.3±7.7℃, 히어리 226.0±18.0℃, 개나리 279.0±0.4℃ 나타났다.

Seed spray는 종자, 비료 및 기타 재료들을 섞어 살포하는 방법으로 주로 대면적의 경관을 조성할 때 주로 사용되는 기법이다. 살포된 종자는 온도조건에 따라 경관형성 소요시간은 달라지나 시공시 식물생장과 온도간의 관계를 고려되지 않는다. 본 연구에서는 수레국화 종자의 효율적인 사용을 위하여 수레국화종자발아에 필요한 적정온도와 발아소요시간을 설정하는데 있다. 시험방법은 2013년 3월부터 4월까지 국립원예특작과학원에서 진행되었다. 시험재료는 수레국화이며 생장상을 이용하여 온도처리를 하였다. 시험방법은 페트리디쉬와 필터페이퍼에 100립씩 4반복으로 치상 후 10ml씩 1차 증류수를 관수하여 7수준의 온도를 처리하였다. 처리온도는 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30℃이다. 시험 중 광원은 4~4.5 μmoles/m2/s를 유지하였다. 조사방법은 실내시험에서는 페트리 디쉬에 치상 후 2일 간격으로 발아율을 조사하였다. Parabolic 함수를 이용하여 발아율 50% 기준으로 온도와 발아소요시간의 관계 나타낸 결과 수레국화 종자의 발아 최저온도는 0℃, 최적온도는 12.3℃, 최고온도는 24.5℃로 나타났다. 그리고 최적온도에 따른 발아율 50%까지 발아소요시간은 6.6일이었다.