<div>Wow, you are doing exactly same research as I did before! ;) </div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Tabares Velasco, Paulo Cesar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Paulo.Tabares@nrel.gov">Paulo.Tabares@nrel.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">Sotiris,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">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 <i>Delosperma nubigenum</i>. The LAI was 2.7. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <a href="mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sotiris Papantoniou<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 11, 2011 11:06 AM
<div class="im"><br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Bldg-sim] Leaf area index values for roof vegetation</div></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Can you please give me some guidance or some links about this value???</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you in advance</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sotiris Papantoniou</p>
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