INDOOR PLANTS AND THEIR ROLE IN IMPROVING THE INDOOR AIR ENVIRONMENT

Chuenko Natalia

Due to the high prevalence of respiratory diseases in children attending preschool educational organizations, the issue of their prevention is acute. Taking into account the fact that children spend an average of up to 10 hours a day in educational institutions, one of the risk factors for respiratory diseases is the quality of the air environment (microbial contamination and low relative humidity) of enclosed spaces. The analysis of the works of domestic and foreign scientists testifies to the positive influence of phytoncidal, transpiring and gas-absorbing properties of plants on the state of the indoor air environment and on the psycho-emotional state of a person, however, due to the lack of experimental evidence base, the experience of using the health-improving properties of plants in children's organized collectives has not been widely introduced. The results of this study confirm that the rational placement of a certain assortment of plants in organized children's groups can become a promising and economical direction in the structure of a health-saving approach in the modern system of preschool education.

Keywords:Educational organizations, microclimate, indoor plants, transpiration, microbial contamination of air