[Bldg-sim] Leaf area index values for roof vegetation

[Cheney]

Wow, you are doing exactly same research as I did before! ;)

Regards,

Cheney

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On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Tabares Velasco, Paulo Cesar <
Paulo.Tabares at nrel.gov> wrote:

>  Sotiris,
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> 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.
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> Hope this helps,
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> Paulo
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> *Paulo Cesar Tabares-Velasco, Ph.D.*
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> Postdoctoral Researcher
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> Electricity, Resources & Building Systems Integration
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> National Renewable Energy Lab
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> 1617 Cole Blvd.  MS 5202
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> Golden, CO  80401
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> 303.384.7591  direct
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> 303.384.7540  fax
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> paulo.tabares at nrel.gov
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> http://www.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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> *To:* bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* [Bldg-sim] Leaf area index values for roof vegetation
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> Hello list,
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> 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.
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> Can you please give me some guidance or some links about this value???
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> Thank you in advance
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> Sotiris Papantoniou
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