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title: Science behind the innovation | Phil Hollins
description: "Researcher 
(B.Sc, M.Phil, Pg.Cert)"
---

# From author : Phil Hollins

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Science

### [Indoor-biofilter growth and exposure to airborne chemicals drive similar changes in plant root bacterial communities](https://www.naava.io/science/indoor-biofilter-growth-and-exposure-to-airborne-chemicals-drive-similar-changes-in-plant-root-bacterial-communities)

This study from Drexel University (2015), investigated how bacterial root communities on two large installed plant ...

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Science

### [Characterization of microbial species in a regenerative bio-filter system for volatile organic compound removal](https://www.naava.io/science/characterization-of-microbial-species-in-a-regenerative-bio-filter-system-for-volatile-organic-compound-removal)

Using a plant based bio-filtration system with a root bed of activated carbon and porous shale pebbles, researchers at ...

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Science

### [Characterization and performance evaluation of a full-scale activated carbon-based dynamic botanical air filtration system for improving indoor air quality](https://www.naava.io/science/characterization-and-performance-evaluation-of-a-full-scale-activated-carbon-based-dynamic-botanical-air-filtration-system-for-improving-indoor-air-quality)

Researchers from Syracuse University, USA (2011), developed a dynamic botanical air filtration system (DBAF). This ...

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Science

### [Do indoor plants contribute to the aeromycota in city buildings?](https://www.naava.io/science/do-indoor-plants-contribute-to-the-aeromycota-in-city-buildings)

This research from Australia (2013) investigated whether indoor plants, under realistic office conditions, contribute ...

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Science

### [Green buildings and health](https://www.naava.io/science/green-buildings-and-health)

This review article (2015), by a Harvard University based research group, examined the current evidence on green ...

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Science

### [Efficiency of volatile formaldehyde removal by indoor plants: contribution of aerial plant parts versus the root zone](https://www.naava.io/science/efficiency-of-volatile-formaldehyde-removal-by-indoor-plants-contribution-of-aerial-plant-parts-versus-the-root-zone)

A joint researcher team from Korea and the USA (2008), investigated the contribution of aerial plant parts versus the ...

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