A self-cooling garment designed to support the human body’s heat regulatory system under intense temperatures.
H. 2.0, named after both 'habit' [archaic, clothing] and H2O, is a self-cooling garment based on the principle of water evaporation. It aids its wearer in regulating their temperature by mimicking the human's most effective thermoregulatory strategy, sweating. Despite sweating being the body's most effective cooling method, it's also highly energy-consuming. In extreme heat, this energy demand can affect our body’s performance and lead to heat stress and other related issues.
To minimise this effect, H.2.0 acts as a second skin. The water embedded jacket supports the wearers natural thermoregulatory system at keeping their body in balance, by taking over a part of the work. As it evaporates on their skin, it maintains a steady cooling effect, leading to the wearer needing to use less of their own energy to stay cool.
H. 2.0 consists of 4 modular elements targeting the upper body’s pulse points, key to effective cooling. Its flexible design makes it adaptable to various temperatures and compatible with other garments.
