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Assessing the lower temperature limit for comfort in footwear
conference contribution
posted on 2013-03-15, 12:02 authored by George HavenithGeorge Havenith, Nicola Gerrett, Steve H. Faulkner, Yacine Ouzzahra, Davide FilingeriWhen selecting clothing and equipment for use in the cold, consumers often receive only limited
guidance from product information provided by manufacturers. In the area of sleeping bags the
introduction of standards for their climatic range assessment, though often heavily debated by
manufacturers, has undoubtedly provided consumers with guidance. Currently no such standards
exist for outdoor footwear. Many manufacturers of footwear do claim certain lower temperature
limits, going to -40ºC in some cases. No information is however provided on how this is tested and
what criteria are applied. Kuklane et al. (1999) did several studies on the relation between
footwear insulation and comfort range, but so far this has to our knowledge not led to the
development of a standard. In the present study, following up on work by Kuklane, an attempt
was made to collect physiological data that may be used in setting criteria for the lower
temperature range of footwear.
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Citation
HAVENITH, G. ... et al., 2013. Assessing the lower temperature limit for comfort in footwear. IN: Cotter, J.D., Lucas, S.J.E. and Mundel, T. (eds.) Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Ergonomics, Queenstown, New Zealand, 11-15 February 2013, pp. 238 - 239.Publisher
International Society for Environmental Ergonomics © the authorsVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
Publication date
2013Notes
This is a conference paper. The Environmental Ergonomics website is at: http://www.environmental-ergonomics.org/ISBN
9780473224387Language
- en