[Bldg-sim] Leaf area index values for roof vegetation
Tabares Velasco, Paulo Cesar
Paulo.Tabares at nrel.gov
Wed May 11 11:21:58 PDT 2011
Sotiris,
LAI values can range from 0(no plants) to 5 or higher. However, typical LAI values for extensive green roofs (substrate/soil thickness less than 6") are around 1-3. For my PhD Thesis at PennState I measured among other things the LAI of a healthy green roof sample with Delosperma nubigenum. The LAI was 2.7.
Hope this helps,
Paulo
Paulo Cesar Tabares-Velasco, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Electricity, Resources & Building Systems Integration
National Renewable Energy Lab
1617 Cole Blvd. MS 5202
Golden, CO 80401
303.384.7591 direct
303.384.7540 fax
paulo.tabares at nrel.gov<mailto:paulo.tabares at nrel.gov>
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From: bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Sotiris Papantoniou
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 11:06 AM
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Subject: [Bldg-sim] Leaf area index values for roof vegetation
Hello list,
I am doing a research for green-roofs analyzed with energyplus. Although I have searched the internet for default or average values for LAI per plant or per group of plants, I had no luck.
Can you please give me some guidance or some links about this value???
Thank you in advance
Sotiris Papantoniou
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