you are all great!<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:15 PM, Keith Swartz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kswartz@ecw.org">kswartz@ecw.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Leen,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">A study of roof temperatures on a building in Michigan can be found at <a href="http://www.sustainablefacility.com/articles/testing-at-the-top" target="_blank">http://www.sustainablefacility.com/articles/testing-at-the-top</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">A Canadian study has some roof temperature data in <a href="http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/obj/irc/doc/pubs/nrcc46412/nrcc46412.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/obj/irc/doc/pubs/nrcc46412/nrcc46412.pdf</a> .<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The best information I have seen regarding simulating vegetated roofs is from a presentation from the ASHRAE Energy Modeling Conference last April. The presentation is attached. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><u></u><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">Keith Swartz</span><u></u><span style="COLOR: #1f497d">, P.E., LEED AP</span></span><span style="COLOR: #1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> leen peeters [mailto:<a href="mailto:l.f.r.peeters@gmail.com" target="_blank">l.f.r.peeters@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 07, 2011 3:16 PM<br>
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<div class="im"><br><b>Subject:</b> [Bldg-sim] temperature in green roofs<u></u><u></u></div></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal">is there anyone who knows about a tool or validation data to simulate or estimate the effect of the temperature and RH on a green roof and what the impact is of the temperature at the bottom-site of the green roof system?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks already!<u></u><u></u></p></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Leen<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br>