Lean wirkt.

Viel Pflanzenwuchs in den Gewächshäusern unserer neuen Gärtnerei in ‘s Gravenzande. Ficus lyrata, Schefflera Amate, Philodendron Sorten und vieles mehr ….

Vor kurzem wurde Fachjan “Excellent Friend” von “Bamboo Village Uganda”.

Fachjan hat sich bereits dem Projekt Bamboo Village Uganda angeschlossen, einer Initiative, die es Verbrauchern und Unternehmen ermöglicht, die CO2-Emissionen durch Anpflanzen von Bambus in Uganda auszugleichen.

Das Anpflanzen von Bambus trägt direkt zur Bekämpfung des Klimawandels bei. Bambus ist ein hervorragender Speicherort für CO2, das wichtigste Treibhausgas, das für die globale Erwärmung verantwortlich ist: Fachjan kompensiert nicht weniger als 1,9 Millionen Kilogramm CO2. Damit können mehr als 7 Tausend Quadratmeter Bambus gepflanzt werden.

Bamboo Village Uganda bekämpft nicht nur die globale Erwärmung, sondern bietet auch den Menschen in Uganda eine Chance für eine bessere Zukunft. Das Projekt bietet Arbeitsplätze und eine sichere und nachhaltige Unterkunft durch den Bau von Häusern.

Werden Sie ein Freund von Bamboo Village Uganda. Für Informationen siehe: Let’s be Friends – Bamboo Village Uganda

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Research Wageningen Environmental Research:

“Costs for purchasing plants are recouped in 1 year”

Employees find a workspace with plants more attractive than a space without plants. Plants provide higher humidity, contribute to a more positive state of mind, lead to more satisfaction among employees about their own functioning and less absenteeism. This is shown by research by Wageningen Environmental Research in collaboration with Fytagoras and a number of institutions and companies (PRIVA, Novi fl ora, IVN, De Groene Stad, Royal FloraHolland, Dark Green and DGBC). The results are presented January 31st 2019 at the DGBC congress Building Green, Smart and Healthy.

The costs for the purchase and maintenance of plants can generally be recouped within one year. Mainly due to lower absenteeism and better functioning of employees. Then the investment in plants yields money. Plants are also a cheap alternative to increase humidity in workspaces or to cool spaces in the summer. This can be used in climate control for further energy savings.

Research design

The research was carried out at various companies and healthcare institutions. At each company there is always a space with workplaces equipped with plants with a similar workspace without plants. At nursing homes, living rooms or general areas are equipped with plants or not. Researchers placed sensors in both rooms to determine the physical differences in the indoor climate. The employees who worked in these spaces gave their opinion about the workplace, the indoor climate, the working atmosphere, their state of mind, well-being and health, both before and after the plants were placed. Concentration tests were also conducted and the cortisol content (a stress hormone) of the participants was determined.

Six positive effects:

The study showed six positive effects that can be linked to the presence of plants in the workspace.

• Humidity: the relative humidity in rooms with plants is on average about 5% higher than in rooms without plants. In winter, up to 17% improvement was measured.

• Thermal comfort: employees experience the temperature in an office space with plants less quickly as too hot or too cold.

• More attractive: people judge their workplace as more attractive after planting (an increase of 26%).

• state of mind: the state of mind of employees is more positive after the planting than before. Employees from one company are also less worried about work outside working hours.

• Satisfaction with functioning: after the planting, employees are more satisfied with their own performance than they are before. This also applies to their expectation of how satisfied the employer is about this performance.

• Less absenteeism: people who work in a room with plants report sick 20% less often. This amounts to an average of 1.6 sick days per employee per year.

Health care institutions also took part in the study. The planting is assessed positively by the care workers who work in a living room with plants. Nevertheless, the effects on the indoor climate found at companies are not shown here. “An important reason is the limited mobility of the elderly, so that the doors are often left open,” explains Tia Hermans, Wageningen Environmental Research project leader. “This means that the effect of the plants is shared with a larger space than we had anticipated. That can occur in practical research. ”

Follow-up research

There will be a follow-up study to further develop the business case of the payback period. Tia Hermans: “We know that entrepreneurs and employers only switch to large-scale application of plants in companies if they see a business case that convinces. We will now further develop this business case at multiple locations. In this way we want to make it more attractive for employers, but also facility services and personnel affairs, to invest in a green indoor climate in the workplace”.

A new year with a start in our new (additional), 4 ha. large company in ‘s Gravenzande. The first plants are potted. This year, step by step, the greenhouses will be filled and more employees will be employed. A nice start to a challenging and beautiful plant year.

1,9 Millionen Kilogramm Kohlenstoff kompensiert Fachjan durch die Anpflanzung von Bambus

Fachjan beteiligt sich an der Bekämpfung des Klimawandels und der Armut und wird 1,9 Millionen Kilogramm Kohlenstoff durch Bambuspflanzung im Bamboo Village Uganda kompensieren.

Dieser Beitrag ermöglicht es dem Bamboo Village Uganda Project, mehr als 7 Tausend Quadratmeter Bambus anzubauen. Fachjan ist ein Unternehmen, in dem die Leidenschaft für Pflanzen mit der Liebe zu Menschen und zum Planeten verbunden ist. Nachhaltigkeit ist ein zentraler Aspekt unseres Familienunternehmens. Wir sind Teil der wachsenden Gemeinschaft der Fair Flora-Züchter. Fair-Flora-Pflanzen werden von Gartenbaubetrieben angebaut, die ihre Bemühungen (und Leistungen) kontinuierlich zeigen, um so nachhaltig wie möglich zu arbeiten.

Reduzierung des CO2-Fußabdrucks

Fachjan kompensiert nicht nur seinen CO2-Fußabdruck, wir erreichen ihn auch erfolgreich. Das 57 Tausend Quadratmeter große Gewächshaus wird durch Geothermie beheizt und das Dach wird mit Sonnenkollektoren bedeckt, wodurch die Menge an fossilen Brennstoffen, die für das Gewächshaus benötigt werden, erheblich reduziert wird. Das hypermoderne Bewässerungssystem reduziert die Wassermenge, die zum Pflanzen der Pflanzen benötigt wird, erheblich.

Lesen Sie mehr über die Nachhaltigkeitsinitiativen von Fachjan auf der Website von Fair Flora