Warming up to NuDown

A Reno-based company hopes to heat up the outerwear industry by using an environmentally friendly insulation substance in its line of jackets and vests. NuDown uses compressed air as insulation to keep the user warm. The technology provides consumers with an alternative to down feathers and synthetically insulated jackets. “It’s the air space that keeps you warm, not the feathers,” NuDown CEO Bob Hall said.Each jacket and vest has a blood pressure-like pump in the pocket, whic