Study of the Ability of Hanging Flower Plants to Absorb Solar Heat

Abstract

AbstractThe lack of plants in multi-storey housing causes an increase in environmental temperature, causing global heat. Therefore, thermal comfort is not achieved for humans which will reduce the quality of life, to overcome this, air conditioning (AC) is used. However, due to the high ambient temperature causing an increase in the use of air conditioning which will cause electricity consumption to increase as well. One effort that can be done is to multiply hanging flower plants around multi-storey buildings. This solution is expected to reduce the environmental temperature around high-rise buildings. This study aims to determine the heat absorption by fifteen types of plants tested by the hanging method, so that it can be seen which plants are most suitable to be planted to reduce environmental temperatures. The plants tested were Devils Ivy (Epippremnum Aureum), Purple Heart (Tradescantia), Ant Bag (Discida Geri), Velvet (Gynura Aurantica), Purple Zabrina (Trandescantia Zabrina), Paperomia Hope, Spider Lily (Cholorophytum Comosum), Purple Spider Lily (Trandescantia Spathacea), Nerve Leaf, Anthurium, Pigeon Feet (Altheantera Ficoida), Creeping Charlie (P. Nummularifolia), Candle Flower (Begonia), Zebrakraut, and Episcia. From the results obtained indicate that hanging flower plants affect the decrease in environmental temperature. The most effective among the mentioned hanging flower plants on absorbing heat with the hanging method are Spider Lily (Chlorophytum Comosum).KeywordsHanging plantsThermal comfortSolar thermal energyAmbient temperatureMulti-storey housing