Facilities Management and Soil Monitoring

Many facilities and buildings (indoor and outdoor) use plants to enrich their environments, (including air quality). plants can create better and healthier places for people to work and live. Soil condition is the foundation of healthy plants. A key facet of this health is the ability to monitor and manage soil conditions. Issues such as usage, climate change, contaminants and pollution, weather conditions and water supply, all play a part in soil conditions and the soils ability to produce healthy plants. Good soil condition is used to describe soils that are not only fertile, but also possess adequate physical and biological properties to sustain productivity, maintain environmental quality, and promote plant and health. Soil monitoring and control can increase soil quality, enabling it to hold more water and nutrients, increase growth, suppress pests and weeds, sequester carbon from the atmosphere, and clean any water that flows through it.