Type of roof | Mean indoor temperature ( °C) | Temp. difference ( °C) | Temp. difference ( °C) | p value | |
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Indoors vs. outdoors | From bare metal-roofed house | ||||
Night—1st part | Bare metal | 31.49 (31.19–31.79) | 3.37 (2.13–3.60) | – | – |
(21.00–00.00 h) | Red | 30.26 (29.96–30.57) | 3.08 (2.80–3.36) | − 1.23 (− 1.22 to − 1.23) | < 0.001 |
White | 29.75 (29.40–30.09) | 2.51 (2.25–2.76) | − 1.74 (− 1.70 to − 1.79) | < 0.001 | |
Night—2nd part | Bare metal | 29.43 (29.13–29.73) | 3.41 (3.12–3.70) | – | – |
(00.30–07.00 h) | Red | 28.42 (28.05–28.79) | 2.78 (2.63–2.93) | − 1.01 (− 0.94 to − 1.08) | < 0.001 |
White | 27.84 (27.43–28.25) | 2.49 (2.26–2.72) | − 1.59 (− 1.48 to − 1.70) | < 0.001 | |
Day | Bare metal | 33.98 (33.52–34.44) | − 1.41 (− 1.71 to – 1.12) | – | – |
(07:30–20.30 h) | Red | 34.42 (33.95–34.89) | − 2.47 (− 3.13 to − 1.82) | 0.44 (0.43–0.45) | 0.081 |
White | 33.05 (32.70–33.40) | − 3.93 (− 4.75 to 3.11) | − 0.93 (− 0.82 to − 1.04) | < 0.001 | |
Daily | Bare metal | 30.69 (30.31–31.06) | 2.10 (1.63–2.58) | – | – |
(00:00–23:30 h) | Red | 29.91 (29.48–30.33) | 1.37 (0.97–1.77) | − 0.63 (− 0.44 to − 0.82) | 0.001 |
White | 29.15 (28.71–29.58) | 0.82 (0.21–1.43) | − 1.44 (− 1.41 to − 1.46) | < 0.001 |