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1. Introduction
Since the dawn of history, humankind is trying to provide a suitable indoor environment for
themselves and their family or tribe, creating appropriate spaces to practice their daily activities
within the same environments are considered a major concern for the means of existence. As life
evolves human needs and requirements do evolve as well., Also, the need to make the inside medium comfortable and healthy enough to support the individuals’ performance and to enhancing
productivity becomes crucial., However, due to modern human behavior and changing lifestyles,
a lot of obstacles are faced. This research paper is as an attempt to suggest solutions, while architects prepare the occupants’ environment in the mean of this profession. Buildings are those
shields that preserve vitality in a vacuum, which is the main purpose of any structure, regardless
of its size or function, whether it is an industrial processer, educational facility, commercial center
or residential building (Godish 2011).
Buildings endeavor on keeping the occupants safe from the vagaries of weather and maintaining
the thermal situation, with providing a healthy environment, which would lead to a better-built
habitat that can also help the human being contributing in their highest performance and capabilities for the creation’s good. In this study, the attention is drawn to such an easy, reachable and
suitable solution for any space to function effectively with its occupants. In addition, it could be
an aesthetic touch for the architectural design and at the same time, sustainable like the houseplant. The study is looking into the indoor plants observing how their impact within indoor spaces are enhancing the human venue of health, performance, and productivity, by also taking into
account the fulfilment of the environmental factor, which is essential for humankind.

2. Methodology
The paper mainly presents the inner vegetation strength to alter interior environment, i.e. atmosphere, as a sustainable solution, discussing how a plant could remove toxics and at the same time
enhance air quality, vocal and emotional effects. Explaining the mechanism of a plant to abstract
CO2 and toxic emission were further covered in the study through literature review.
Beside the literature review, a survey has been prepared and conducted to create a strong foundation to defend the purpose of the study to encourage green expansion into space, with clarification of the plant as a tool to fight the indoor pollution. This survey gathered the feedback of,
people. In order to reach wider audience it was online based.

3. Indoor Pollution and its Impact on Health and Comfort
A group of scientist in Taiwan identified the prime source of indoor pollution into four elements;
combustion, building materials emissions, household products, chemicals, and bio-effluents. Experiencing various detrimental like carbon dioxide, formaldehyde, tobacco and smoking, which
are released from the calcinations process inside building spaces. Using dangerous products with
uttering dangerous gasses during manufacturing building materials makes it a serious health
risk, and as a physical being, which functions on a daily basis and require a metabolic operation,
leads to a bioeffluent emission from humans and animals (Kobayashi et al 2009).
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) (2014), indoor air pollution has been rated the
reason for serious diseases commonly spread in the third world. American lung association claims
that indoor quality is five times worse than the outside air and sometimes it reaches a level 100%
worse, which can cause lung diseases and tumors.

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