Effect of roof colour on indoor temperature and human comfort levels, with implications for malaria control: a pilot study using experimental houses in rural Gambia.
Effect of roof colour on indoor temperature and human comfort levels, with implications for malaria control: a pilot study using experimental houses in rural Gambia.
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屋顶颜色对室内温度和人体舒适度的影响,对疟疾控制的影响:冈比亚农村实验房屋的试点研究。
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10.1186/s12936-021-03951-4
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发表时间:
2021-10-29
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影响因子:
3
通讯作者:
Lindsay SW
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Carrasco-Tenezaca M;Jatta E;Jawara M;Bradley J;Pinder M;D'Alessandro U;Knudsen J;Lindsay SW
In rural sub-Saharan Africa, thatch roofs are being replaced by metal roofs. Metal roofing, however, increases indoor temperatures above human comfort levels, and thus makes it more likely that residents will not use an insecticide-treated bed net (ITN) at night. Whether the colour of a metal roof affects indoor temperature and human comfort was assessed. Two identical, experimental houses were constructed with metal roofs in rural Gambia. Roof types were: (1) original bare-metal, (2) painted with red oxide primer or (3) white gloss, to reflect solar radiation. Pairwise comparisons were run in six, five-night blocks during the malaria season 2018. Indoor climate was measured in each house and multivariate analysis used to compare indoor temperatures during the day and night. From 21.00 to 23.59 h, when most residents decide whether to use an ITN or not, the indoor temperature of a house with a bare metal roof was 31.5 °C (95% CI 31.2–31.8 °C), a red roof, 30.3 °C (95% CI 30.0–30.6) and a white roof, 29.8 °C (95% CI 29.4–30.1). During the same period, red-roofed houses were 1.23 °C cooler (95% CI 1.22–1.23) and white roofs 1.74 °C cooler (95% CI 1.70–1.79) than bare-metal roofed houses (p < 0.001). Similar results were found from 00.00 to 06.00 h. Maximum daily temperatures were 0.93 °C lower in a white-roofed house (95% CI 0.10–0.30, p < 0.001), but not a red roof (mean maximum temperature difference = 0.44 °C warmer, 95% CI 0.43–0.45, p = 0.081), compared with the bare-metal roofed houses. Human comfort analysis showed that from 21.00 to 23.59 h houses with white roofs (comfortable for 87% time) were more comfortable than bare-metal roofed houses (comfortable for 13% time; odds ratio = 43.7, 95% CI 27.5–69.5, p < 0.001). The cost of painting a metal roof white is approximately 31–68 USD. Houses with a white roof were consistently cooler and more comfortable than those with a bare metal roof. Painting the roofs of houses white is a cheap way of making a dwelling more comfortable for the occupants and could potentially increase bed net use in hot humid countries. The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12936-021-03951-4.
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影响因子:
3
作者:
Knudsen, Jakob B.;Pinder, Margaret;Lindsay, Steve W.
通讯作者:
Lindsay, Steve W.
DOI:
10.4269/ajtmh.18-0660
发表时间:
2018-12
期刊:
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene
影响因子:
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作者:
Jawara M;Jatta E;Bell D;Burkot TR;Bradley J;Hunt V;Kandeh B;Jones C;Manjang AM;Pinder M;Stone S;D'Alessandro U;Knudsen J;Lindsay SW
通讯作者:
Lindsay SW
DOI:
10.1098/rsif.2020.1030
发表时间:
2021-05
期刊:
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
影响因子:
--
作者:
Jatta E;Carrasco-Tenezaca M;Jawara M;Bradley J;Ceesay S;D'Alessandro U;Jeffries D;Kandeh B;Lee DS;Pinder M;Wilson AL;Knudsen J;Lindsay SW
通讯作者:
Lindsay SW
DOI:
10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0311
发表时间:
2010-11-01
影响因子:
3.3
作者:
Kirby, Matthew J.;Bah, Pateh;Lindsay, Steve W.
通讯作者:
Lindsay, Steve W.
影响因子:
4.6
作者:
Lindsay, Steve W.;Jawara, Musa;D'Alessandro, Umberto
通讯作者:
D'Alessandro, Umberto