Investigating the plant and air-quality performances of an internal green wall system under hydroponic conditions

Internal green wall systems can be combined with building structures to bring positive impacts on people's quality of life in interior spaces. However, obtaining green wall systems to optimize the performances of these living walls still needs research works. This study was conducted to investigate the plant, and air-quality performance resulted from combining ornamental plants and growing media types in an internal green wall system. The growing media types (mixed based on volume percentage) included cocopeat, perlite, cocopeat + perlite (1v:1v) and cocopeat + perlite + vermicompost (1v:1v:1v). The ornamental species included Peperomia magnoliiaefolia, Kalanchoe blossfeldiana, Aptenia cordifolia, and Carpobrotus edulis. There were significant differences among the plant species and the growing media types for improvement of the plant growth and morphophysiological factors. Organic-rich growing media of vermicompost along with perlite and cocopeat, combined with Aptenia cordifolia as the species can be used to create a horticulturally sustainable internal green wall, and also improve the health index in the building interior environments.