The Effects of Cool Roofs on Health, Environmental, and Economic Outcomes: a Global Multi-center Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial

Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (4) locations...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Ambient air temperatures in Asian, Latin American, African, and Pacific climate hotspots have broken record highs in 2024, driven by man-made climate change. Solutions are needed to reduce heat exposure in communities. Sunlight-reflecting cool roof coatings passively reduce indoor temperatures and energy use to protect home occupants from extreme heat. Occupants living in poor housing conditions globally - for example in informal settlements, slums, and low-socioeconomic households - are especially vulnerable to increased indoor heat exposure. Heat exposure can instigate and worsen numerous physical, mental and social health conditions. The worst adverse health effects are being experienced in communities least able to adapt to heat exposure. By reducing indoor temperatures, cool roof use can promote physical, mental and social wellbeing in occupants. The long-term research goal is to identify viable passive housing adaptation technologies with proven health and environmental benefits to reduce the burden of heat stress in communities affected by heat globally. To meet this goal, the investigators will conduct a cluster-randomized controlled trial to establish the effects of cool roof use on health, indoor environment and economic outcomes in four urban climate hotspots: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Hermosillo, Mexico; Ahmedabad, India; and Niue, Oceania.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• Permanent household resident.

Locations
Other Locations
Burkina Faso
University Joseph Ki-Zerbo
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Ouagadougou
India
Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar
RECRUITING
Ahmedabad
Mexico
Instituto Tecnológico de Hermosillo
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Hermosillo
Niue
Niue
RECRUITING
Alofi
Contact Information
Primary
Aditi Bunker, Dr
aditi.bunker@uni-heidelberg.de
+49 6221 565344
Backup
Collin Tukuitonga, Sir. Dr.
collin.tukuitonga@auckland.ac.nz
+6493737599
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-09-04
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-01-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 3200
Treatments
Experimental: Cool roof
Households will receive sunlight reflecting 'cool roof' coating on their roofs.
No_intervention: No cool roof
No cool roof application. Households will keep their original roofing for the duration of the trial.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Collaborators: Pacific Community, Boston University, SOPREMA, The Tindall Foundation, Sika Services AG, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Resene, Instituto Tecnológico de Hermosillo, University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Habitat for Humanity, Heidelberg University, Rutgers University, Engineered Polymer Solutions (EPS B.V.), Indian Institute of Public Health, India
Leads: Aditi Bunker

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