RCTFF Secured Funding from the Innovation and Technology Fund

Dr Tracy Mok (Associate Director of RCTFF), Prof. Jintu Fan (Director of RCTFF), and Ir Prof. Albert Chan (Member of RCTFF), recently have secured approximately HK$5 million from the Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF) for a 2-year research project entitled “Multimode Anti-Heating Green Uniforms for Construction Workers in Hong Kong – A complete ESG development and Management Proposal”.

This project aims to develop new Multimode Anti-Heating green fabrics and garments for the production of construction worker uniforms in Hong Kong. The project will investigate new methods that best integrate novel knitting fabric structure as well as fabric surface modification approaches to realise new radiative cooling fabrics for construction worker uniforms. For moisture management, the new uniforms will allow fast and one-way moisture transportation from skin to outer surface of the garments. It can keep the skin dry and prevent the clothing layer sticking to the skin even in an excessive sweating condition. For thermal management, the garments can facilitate the dissipation of mid-infrared radiation from human body to the environment for passive cooling while the outer layer of the fabrics can reflect solar radiation in a broad spectrum (near-IR, visible, UV) to reduce the heat absorption in outdoor environment. New fabrics and uniforms will be developed, tested and evaluated so as to suggest new standard/guideline for the production and management of construction worker uniforms, ensuring compliance to the new quality requirements.