Greening the Indoors

Transformation of indoor environments in a changing climate

Our Vision

As climate change increasingly affects indoor environments through rising temperatures, variable humidity, and changes in pollutant exposure, there is a pressing need to rethink how we design, occupy, and retrofit indoor spaces to support health and wellbeing.

While outdoor greening strategies such as green roofs and urban vegetation have been widely studied and implemented, the role of indoor nature-based solutions remains significantly underexplored. GREENIN seeks to address this critical gap by investigating how indoor plants and greening interventions can improve air quality, thermal comfort, and humidity control within diverse building types and use scenarios. Through a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach, the project envisions healthier, more adaptive, and climate-resilient indoor spaces that place human experience and sustainability at their core.

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Our Objectives

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Build a network of multidisciplinary specialists

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Conduct collaborative studies to expand our knowledge of indoor greening

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Create practical guidelines for building design and management professionals

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Promote wider use of greening to enhance building environments and public health

In collaboration with

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Webinar Series

The GREENIN Webinar series consists of monthly online sessions with expert guest speakers from industry and academia presenting on topics relating to greening the indoors.

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Our funders

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