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Emerging research indicates diverse  microbial communities that associate with plant-root systems could improve human health and wellbeing indoors.

Active Modular Phytoremediation Systems (AMPS) represents a long standing investigation into the potential of scalable and modular building-integrated plant systems and their associated microbiomes to improve indoor air quality, thereby reducing the energy intensive demands of mechanical air handling systems. 

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NYSERDA, NYSTAR, NYC-DDC

Anna Dyson, Jason Vollen, Ahu Aydogan, Matt Gindlesparger, Jefferson Ellinger, Elizabeth Hénaff, Peter Stark, Ted Ngai, Tyler Stout, Josh Draper, Phoebe Mankiewicz, Mohamed Aly Etman, Paul Mankiewicz, Christina Ciardullo, Andreas Theodoridis, Cynthia Collins, Divya Ravichandar, Alicia Walf, Ranjit Arpels-Josiah, Krystal Pollit, Elizabeth Lin, Katrina Estacio, Rohit Chitale, Andrew Rosner, Mandi Pretorius, Ben Feagin, Paulo Pinheiro, John Erickson, Kristin Bennett, Beizhan Yan, Qiang Yang, Philippe Baveye, Connor Pinson, Naomi Keena, Mohamed Aly Etman, Justin Shultz, Marianne Nyman, Kenton Philips, Carmen Trudell.

Scientific Reports 14, 23857 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-72341-y

Phoebe Mankiewicz Ledins, Elizabeth Z. Lin, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Krystal J. Godri Pollitt, Anna H. Dyson and Elizabeth M. Hénaff

Research Directions: Biotechnology Design , Volume 2 , 2024 , e5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/btd.2024.4

Phoebe Mankiewicz Ledins, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Anna Dyson and Elizabeth Hénaff

Yale CEA joins UNEP's Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction in Releasing Updates towards Zero Emission Futures for the Built Environment

United Nations Environment Programme

ASHRAE Topical Conference Proceedings (2022)

Christina Ciardullo; Andreas Theodoridis; Phoebe Mankeiwitz; Mohamed Aly Etman; Anna Dyson. (2022) 

Proceedings of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, 32d (2013)

Building-Integrated Active Modular Phytoremediation System

Anna Dyson, Ahu Aydogan, Jason Vollen, Marianne Nyman + Jeffrey Bird (2013)

Proceedings of the XXV International Union of Architect's World Congress, Durban, South Africa, 3-7 August 2014. Ed. Amira Osman, Gerhard Bruyns and Clinton Aigbavboa. Durban: UIA 2014 Durban. pgs.1368-83 (2014)

Mae-Ling Lokko, Anna Dyson + Jason Vollen

Proceedings of American Association for Aerosol Research 34th Annual Conference (2015)

Physical and Biological Characterization of Porous Media for VOC Removal

Anne Wrobetz, Ahu Aydogan + Lupita Montoya (2015)

Proceedings of Healthy Buildings America (2015)

From a Lab Scale to the Building Scale: Formaldehyde Removal by a Plant Module.

Ahu Aydogan, Anna Dyson + Lupita Montoya (2015)

Proceedings of SDEWES. SDEWES, Dobrovnik (2021)

Towards Energy-Positive Buildings Through a Quality-Matched Energy Flow Strategy

Nick Novelli, Justin Shultz, Mohamed Aly Etman, Kenton Phillips, Michael Jensen, Jason Vollen + Anna Dyson (In review 2021)

Growth Media Design (2021)

Growth Media Design Within Building-Integrated Green Infrastructure Impacts Indoor Air Bioremediation Performance and Carbon Dioxide Flux Through Water Availability and Plant Development Patterns

Phoebe Mankiewicz, Aleca Borsuk, Christina Ciardullo, Elizabeth Hénaff + Anna Dyson (In preparation 2021)

The ASHRAE Journal (2021)

Indoor Environmental Parameters: Considering Measures of Microbial Ecology in the Characterization of Indoor Air Quality

Phoebe Mankiewicz, Christina Ciardullo, Andreas Theodoridis, Elizabeth Hénaff + Anna Dyson (In review 2021).

Industry: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)


Academic/National Labs: New York University (NYU), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), ANL, Columbia Lamont Earth Observatory

How can we dramatically transform urban environments through building-integrated agriculture?

Renewable bio-based circular material economies in timber, post-agricultural by-products and plant-based bioremediation

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AMPS is a research framework where we study the potential of plants, soil and microbes to improve indoor environmental quality.

Anna Dyson, Jason Vollen, Ahu Aydogan, Matt Gindlesparger, Jefferson Ellinger, Elizabeth Hénaff, Peter Stark, Ted Ngai, Tyler Stout, Josh Draper, Phoebe Mankiewicz, Mohamed Aly Etman, Paul Mankiewicz, Christina Ciardullo, Andreas Theodoridis, Cynthia Collins, Divya Ravichandar, Alicia Walf, Ranjit Arpels-Josiah, Krystal Pollit, Elizabeth Lin, Katrina Estacio, Rohit Chitale, Andrew Rosner, Mandi Pretorius, Ben Feagin, Paulo Pinheiro, John Erickson, Kristin Bennett, Beizhan Yan, Qiang Yang, Philippe Baveye, Connor Pinson, Naomi Keena, Mohamed Aly Etman, Justin Shultz, Marianne Nyman, Kenton Philips, Carmen Trudell.

NYSERDA, NYSTAR, NYC-DDC

Industry: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)


Academic/National Labs: New York University (NYU), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), ANL, Columbia Lamont Earth Observatory

Phoebe Mankiewicz Ledins, Elizabeth Z. Lin, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Krystal J. Godri Pollitt, Anna H. Dyson and Elizabeth M. Hénaff

Scientific Reports 14, 23857 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-72341-y

Phoebe Mankiewicz Ledins, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Anna Dyson and Elizabeth Hénaff

Research Directions: Biotechnology Design , Volume 2 , 2024 , e5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/btd.2024.4

United Nations Environment Programme

Yale CEA joins UNEP's Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction in Releasing Updates towards Zero Emission Futures for the Built Environment

Christina Ciardullo; Andreas Theodoridis; Phoebe Mankeiwitz; Mohamed Aly Etman; Anna Dyson. (2022) 

ASHRAE Topical Conference Proceedings (2022)

Anna Dyson, Ahu Aydogan, Jason Vollen, Marianne Nyman + Jeffrey Bird (2013)

Proceedings of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, 32d (2013)

Building-Integrated Active Modular Phytoremediation System

Mae-Ling Lokko, Anna Dyson + Jason Vollen

Proceedings of the XXV International Union of Architect's World Congress, Durban, South Africa, 3-7 August 2014. Ed. Amira Osman, Gerhard Bruyns and Clinton Aigbavboa. Durban: UIA 2014 Durban. pgs.1368-83 (2014)

Anne Wrobetz, Ahu Aydogan + Lupita Montoya (2015)

Proceedings of American Association for Aerosol Research 34th Annual Conference (2015)

Physical and Biological Characterization of Porous Media for VOC Removal

Ahu Aydogan, Anna Dyson + Lupita Montoya (2015)

Proceedings of Healthy Buildings America (2015)

From a Lab Scale to the Building Scale: Formaldehyde Removal by a Plant Module.

Nick Novelli, Justin Shultz, Mohamed Aly Etman, Kenton Phillips, Michael Jensen, Jason Vollen + Anna Dyson (In review 2021)

Proceedings of SDEWES. SDEWES, Dobrovnik (2021)

Towards Energy-Positive Buildings Through a Quality-Matched Energy Flow Strategy

Phoebe Mankiewicz, Aleca Borsuk, Christina Ciardullo, Elizabeth Hénaff + Anna Dyson (In preparation 2021)

Growth Media Design (2021)

Growth Media Design Within Building-Integrated Green Infrastructure Impacts Indoor Air Bioremediation Performance and Carbon Dioxide Flux Through Water Availability and Plant Development Patterns

Phoebe Mankiewicz, Christina Ciardullo, Andreas Theodoridis, Elizabeth Hénaff + Anna Dyson (In review 2021).

The ASHRAE Journal (2021)

Indoor Environmental Parameters: Considering Measures of Microbial Ecology in the Characterization of Indoor Air Quality

Emerging research indicates diverse  microbial communities that associate with plant-root systems could improve human health and wellbeing indoors.

Active Modular Phytoremediation Systems (AMPS) represents a long standing investigation into the potential of scalable and modular building-integrated plant systems and their associated microbiomes to improve indoor air quality, thereby reducing the energy intensive demands of mechanical air handling systems. 

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