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.

White light and compound light were found to be the ideal light sources for improving the functionality and ornamental value of indoor plants and reducing the cost of maintenance, but because compound light hinders people from recognizing the original color of plants and makes their eyes easily tired, white light was considered the optimal light satisfying all of the ornamental value, economic efficiency and functionality resulting from plant growth. On the other hand, in the results of examining physiological changes before and after treatment on fine dust PM10 and carbon dioxide removal capacity in a closed chamber under an artificial light source, the patterns of carbon dioxide and fine dust removal were similar among the treatment groups according to light condition, but according to plant type, the removal rate per unit leaf area was highest in Spathiphyllum and lowest in Dieffenbachia. In the experiment on dust and carbon dioxide removal, the photosynthetic rate was over 2 times higher after the treatment, and the rate increased particularly markedly under compound light and white light, suggesting that the photosynthetic rate of plants increases differently according to light quality. These results show that light quality has a significant effect on the photosynthetic rate of plants, and suggests that plants with a high photosynthetic rate also have a high carbon dioxide and dust removal capacity. In conclusion, the photosynthetic rate of foliage plants increased under white and blue light that affect photosynthesis and the increased photosynthetic rate reduced carbon dioxide and fine dust, and therefore white and compound light were found to be the optimal light sources most functional and economically efficient in improving ornamental value and indoor air quality.

디벤바키아, 벤자민고무나무, 그리고 아레카야자를 이용하여 화분의 지피물질에 따른 포름알데히드 제거 효율을 측정하였다. 화분 지피물질로는 가는 자갈, 모래, 수태, 셀라지넬라를 이용하였다. 셀라지넬라 지피가 포름알데히드 제거 효율이 가장 높았고, 모래 지피가 가장 낮았다. 가스 처리 2시간 후 셀라지넬라 지피의 포름알데히드 제거율은 모래에 비해 25% 높게 나타났다. 지피 방법과는 상관없이 식물 종류별로 포름알데히드 제거율을 비교하면 디벤바키아가 가장 우수하였고 그 다음이 벤자민고무나무, 아레카야자 순이었다. 지피 방법별 초기 가스 농도의 절반에 도달하는 T50%은 자갈, 모래, 수태 그리고 셀라지넬라가 각각 88, 118, 81, 53(분)이었다. 이러한 결과는 지피물질에 따라 오염된 공기가 근권부에 도달하는 양이 다르기 때문으로 보인다. 결과적으로 지피물질별 포름알데히드 제거 효율은 셀라지넬라가 가장 우수하였다.