Design Research Report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Baccalaureus Technologiae in Industrial Design in the Faculty of Informatics and Design
at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology

An ecological product designed to contribute to Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)

The GreenAir biofilter is a simple semi-automated, plug in floor standing sub-irrigated botanical air filtration unit that encapsulates an indoor pot plant and works on the principle of absorption by wet-scrubbers, physical adsorption by the combination of activated carbon and lightweight expanded clay aggregates (LECA) as well as VOC intake and depletion by the plants rhizosphere microorganisms and leaves.