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
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Summer
2015
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