ABSTRACT
The thermal comfort assessment of clothing is a complex field of study, which requires a great knowledge in many scientific areas, from human physiology to heat and moisture transfer within a greater body–clothing–environment system. There is a number of associated disciplines that should be simultaneously covered in order to fully comprehend the complexity of this subject. One should always bear in mind the interactions between human and environmental factors, safe and healthy concerns, performance-based design and end usage requirements, social implications, relevance and performance. The only way to succeed in providing the optimum thermal comfort is to follow a multidisciplinary problem-solving approach. However, the integration of various comfort requirements in an all-around multidisciplinary approach, places a great deal of responsibility when creating thermal comfort standards of international importance. Currently, the new trend is set to implement new knowledge in existing standards and to create future standards, which will provide innovative concepts in terms of both heat and moisture management based on the number of interconnected factors.
