Fanger’s comfort modelis is used to set internal temperatures based upon the activity and clothing of humans. It has been in use since the 1960s.

However, with modern clothing, internal environemnts, changes to work patterns and improved knowledge of metabolic rate and the differences between biological sexes, and impact of age and health upon metabolic rate, the ‘one size fits all’ approach is not longer suitable for comfort predictions.

This project seeks to determine a new methodology based upon recent clothing insulation studies, and improved knowledge of comfort and working conditions. It will consider culture and climate as factors for adaptation and look at whether there needs to be an age related aspect to comfort too.