Comfort and performance improvement through the use of cooling vests for construction workers

What is it about?

As the number of heat waves increases, personal cooling systems are important tools to reduce the heat load in various (professional) situations. This is especially true for construction workers. The use of personal cooling systems, in the form of cooling vests, is not only intended to reduce the heat load, in order to prevent disruption of the thermoregulation system of the body, but also to improve work performance. The question is “In what order of magnitude does the comfort and performance improvement lie with the use of a cooling vest for construction workers? To answer this question, a calculation study was carried out on the basis of a cooling vest model linked to a mathematical thermophysiological human model.

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