Designing green spaces for health : using plants to reduce the spread of airborne viruses / Stevie Famulari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Famulari, Stevie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental health.

Plants as sanitary agents.

Buildings--Environmental engineering.

Buildings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Productivity Press, [2022]

Summary:

This book focuses on using plants in spatial design to reduce the infectiousness of viruses in different working and living spaces. It presents strategies for interior and exterior green designs with plants that are likely effective for flu virus tolerance and reduction of infectiousness. The designs are appealing for interaction and healing, as well as focusing on the reduction and removal of virus infectiousness. The Famulari Theory requires examining plants that are likely effective for virus accumulation based on their leaves with stomata, trichomes, and dense leaf growth, and transpiration rate accumulation of airborne viruses. In addition, this research requires reviewing the quantity and specific types of plants (as well as electronic sources, such as humidifiers and water features) needed to produce effective humidity for plants to decrease the infectiousness or transmission of viruses; the effective distance of people to plants; and light, water, soil, and temperature needs. The book addresses the various greening practices that can be applied to sites to reduce the infectiousness of the airborne flu virus - especially in areas such as train stations, restaurants, rooftops, courtyards, office buildings and work spaces/conference rooms, and the home office - and the ways that businesses owners and residents can integrate these practices to reduce the air contaminants with a green solution. Designing green spaces that accumulate, reduce, and remove the infectiousness of viruses involves exploring multiple approaches from different directions to achieve the most effective and ideal design. The six basic approaches include 1. Temperature minimum of 70° Fahrenheit 2. Plants with multiple stomata on the leaf surfaces 3. Plants with multiple clumps of dense leaves with a high transpiration rate 4. Plants with rough leaf surfaces or with trichomes (plant hairs) on the leaf 5. Relative humidity (RH) minimum of 43% or higher 6. Air circulation to direct air with the airborne flu virus to the planted areas Stevie Famulari brings unique insights and inspires the development of green understanding and design solution plans with both short-term and long-term approaches. Illustrations of greening applied to locations help you understand your own design solutions to create them in your site. This book breaks down the misconceptions of the complexity of sustainability and green practices and provides illustrations and site-appropriate green solutions that you can incorporate into your lifestyle for a healthier site. Greening is a lifestyle change, and this guide lets you know how easy it is to transition to the green side to improve your health.

Contents:

Cover

Endorsement Page

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

Section 1 Applying the Green Design and Sciences to Six Different Sites

Chapter 1 Connecting Green Design and Sciences to Illustrate the Famulari Theory and Green Site Design Introduction

Introduction to the Famulari Theory

The Six Pieces of the Famulari Theory

The Famulari Theory - Applications to Green Site Design

Introduction - Understanding Green Design, General Overview

Function and Form in Design

Function - Needs of People, Needs of Plants

Form and Aesthetic Appeal

Putting the Pieces Together in the Famulari Theory

Chapter 2 Train Station, Interior Public Site, New York City

Existing Site Information

Green Design Solution

Plants in the Site Design

Green Design Summary

Chapter 3 Business Office with Open Floor Plan, Conference Room, and Small Gathering Rooms

References

Chapter 4 Restaurant - Interior, Multiple Tables, and Layouts

Chapter 5 House - Living Room, Kitchen, Dining Room, Office, and Bedroom

Chapter 6 Exterior Urban Rooftop in Residential Building, New York City

Chapter 7 Exterior Urban Courtyard of Residential Building in Bronx, NY

Green Design Summary.

Section 2 The Famulari Theory , Breaking Down the Theory

Chapter 8 The Famulari Theory, Breaking Down the Theory and the Influenza Virus

Introduction to Section 2

Germs, Viruses, and More

Viruses

The Flu Virus Structure

Further Understanding of the Flu Virus Structure

Size of Viruses

Disturbing the Different Elements of the Flu Virus Structure

Flu Virus Replication in a Host and Why It Cannot Replicate in Plants

What Coughs and Sneezes Are Made of

How Viruses Move through a Space

Airborne Flu Virus Infectiousness on Different Surfaces

Humidity and Temperature Effects on the Airborne Flu Virus - A Study

Chapter 9 Plant Structure, Stomata, Transpiration, and Humidity

Plant Structure Overview

Density of Plant Leaves

Trichomes, Plant Hairs

Plant Stomata and How They Work

Plants for Use When Designing Green Spaces

Where People Are Resting at Night

Stomata on Plant Leaves

Why Plant Stomata Open and Close

Transpiration - Plants Release Moisture into the Air

Humidity Levels

Designing to Increase Relative Humidity

Chapter 10 Putting the Pieces Together for Living Green Design in the Famulari Theory

Circulating Air That Has Viruses through Plants

Air Circulation in Outdoor Spaces

Air Circulation in Interior Spaces

MERV and HEPA Filters Explained

Effectiveness of Air Filters and Air Ventilation

Sick Building Syndrome

The Famulari Theory and Filters - a Combination

The Psychological Benefits of Using Living Green Plants in the Famulari Theory

Putting the Pieces Together - the Totality of the Application

Thinking Forward

Bibliography

Image Credits

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-313688-5

1-000-48516-1

1-003-13688-5

9781003136880

OCLC:

1273727412