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A

s we continue along the in-

exorable path of smartphones,

smart cars, smart homes

and other smartly modified

consumer goods, specialty

outdoor textiles continue to evolve toward

the next smart generation. During the last

several decades, outdoor fabrics have seen

improvements in moisture management, wa-

terproofness, breathability (vapor transmis-

sion rates) and thermal regulation.

Up until now, thermal regulation has more

or less been limited to encapsulated phase

change technology, such as Outlast. Original-

ly co-developed with NASA in 1987, Out-

last’s latent heat packets, as they are known,

absorb heat then release it once the tempera-

ture drops to a specific comfort level. Trizar

Technology, however, has found another

means to achieving thermal management.

Trizar uses the physical properties of

emissivity to bring cooling or heating to

Trizar introduces the next phase inthermal

regulationtechnology

By

Ernest

Shiwanov

Meet

Emissivity

Inside

Outdoor

|

Summer

2015

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