Human assets have proven to be the most valuable and expensive asset of any business. In terms of cost per square foot, the human asset is ten times the building operating cost and nearly 100 times the energy cost. No matter how it is expressed, when a business can give rise to personal productivity, the business wins.

Whether it is a single plant on each desk or a lush common area atrium, the calming psychological aspect of interior plants has never been so acutely necessary to the workplace environment. Depending on the size of a company's labor force, an increase in productivity of this measure could translate into millions in final revenue earnings.

Respected research done by Dr. Roger S. Ulrich of Texas A&M University, Helen Russell, Surrey University, England and the recent studies conducted by Dr. Virginia Lohr of Washington State University verify that an adequate installation of plants* can significantly lower workplace stress, decrease fatigue and enhance productivity by as much as 12 percent.

Employees exposed to plants exhibit positive emotions such as happiness and assertiveness while plants diminish negative emotions such as sadness and fear. Interior plantscapes are dramatically improving both the recruitment and retention of top employees.