Dahua Shou

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has unveiled pioneering personal cooling technologies designed to address rising global heat stress. By merging advanced textiles with intelligent wearables, researchers are reimagining comfort, health, and productivity in a warming world.

Inspired by the adaptive thermal regulation mechanism in pigeons, a team of researchers in Hong Kong has developed the first-of-its-kind intelligent soft robotic clothing for automatic temperature adaptation and thermal insulation in hot environments, offering superior personal protection and thermal comfort across a range of temperatures.

A Hong Kong researcher shows how textile waste can be reused as thermal insulation for sustainable buildings as an effective green technology that synergistically combines two crucial components in achieving carbon neutrality: textile waste recycling and building energy saving.