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clo-Values

 

The heat balance of the human body depends very much on the clothing you wear. 

The thermal resistance of clothing is measured in clo where  1 clo = 0.155 KW˛/W

 

Here is an example list of clo values for typical street wear:

 

Type     clo-value

Shorts     0.1

Casual cloth with shorts 0.3 - 0.4

Light summer cloths   0.5 - 0.6

Street suit     1.0

Suit and cotton coat   1.5

Winter suit and coat   2.0