Purpose - The paper aims to investigate thermal comfort properties, such as heat and moisture transmission through male business clothing systems, by using a sweating thermal manikin Coppelius that ...simulates heat and moisture production in a similar way to the human body and measures the influence of clothing on heat exchange in different environmental and sweating conditions. Design/methodology/approach - Ten different combination of male business clothing systems were measured using the sweating manikin, under three environmental conditions (108C/50 per cent RH, 258C/50 per cent RH and258C), and at 0 and 50 gm22 h21 sweating levels, in order to evaluate the influence of environmental and sweating conditions on thermal comfort properties of clothing systems. Findings - The results show how business clothing systems influence on the dry and evaporative heat loss between the manikin surface andenvironment in different environmental and sweating conditions. Practical implications - When using sweating thermal manikin Coppelius, water vapour transmission (WVT) through and water condensation on the clothing can be determined simultaneously with the thermal insulation (It) of clothing system. Measured thermal comfort properties of clothing systems evaluated with a sweating thermal manikin can provide valuable information for the clothing industry by manufacturing/designing new clothing systems. Originality/value - In this investigation, the heat and moisture transmission properties of male business clothing systems were measured in different environmental and sweating conditions. In the past few years, clothing materials containing microencapsulated phase-change materials (PCMs) have appeared in outdoor garments, particularly sportswear; therefore, we decided to investigate the thermal comfort properties of different standard male business apparel, as well as male business clothing that contain PCMs used as liner and outerwear material.
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