Singapore startup develops plant towers to cut workplace pollution levels
Greenairy, a Singapore-based startup, is developing plant towers designed to reduce toxic gases in workplaces. Its founders say indoor pollution can remain a problem even where air purifiers are used, and argue that improving air quality could benefit people’s health and productivity.
The founders say the towers draw in air and use plants and microbes to break down gases known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs). In short-term office pilots, Greenairy reports that its tower produced the lowest VOC levels compared with a medical-grade ioniser and a HEPA purifier, and reduced daily average and peak VOC levels by 50%. TÜV SÜD has validated the results, which the company says it plans to publish; the article ends before giving details of its manufacturing plans.
- Greenairy is developing plant towers to reduce workplace VOCs.
- The company reports a 50% reduction in pilot offices.
- TÜV SÜD validated results that Greenairy says will be published.
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Air quality inside offices and workplaces is often overlooked, but poor indoor air can affect people's health, comfort and productivity. Many workplaces rely on conventional air purifiers to manage air quality, yet harmful gases can persist even with these systems in place.
Greenairy is a Singapore-based startup developing plant towers designed to tackle this problem. The towers work by drawing in air and using plants and microbes to break down volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, which are toxic gases commonly found indoors.
In early office trials, the company reports that its plant towers reduced VOC levels more effectively than existing solutions such as medical-grade ionisers and HEPA purifiers, cutting average and peak VOC levels by about half. Greenairy says an independent testing body has verified these results.
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Originally published by TechCrunch as “Greenairy is building smart plant towers to clean the air in your office”.