**2.3.4 Ceramic products**

This study consisted of four ceramic blocks, two beige and two brown ones, with different thickness (3 and 5 cm). It can be seen (Table 2) that the different thickness of the samples had an insignificant effect (less than 1 oC difference) on their mean maximum and mean surface temperatures. The beige samples had mean maximum temperatures of about 43 oC around noon, while the brown-coloured ones were warmer, with 48 oC.

#### **2.3.5 Wooden products**

The timber products, which were included in this study, were boards of tropical hardwood (teak and merbau). The merbau sample recorded very high mean maximum surface temperatures, of about 57.4 oC (Tair+22.9 oC) and were comparable to those of the lightcoloured, sandy earth sample. The teak sample was relatively cooler with mean maximum temperature of about 52,9 oC, i.e, Tair+18.4 oC. Obviously the wood samples had high mean surface temperatures of 40.8 oC and 43.9 oC, for the teak and merbau, respectively.
