Material for shoe insole and lining and method of making the same

The invention provides a shoe insole or lining material comprising a non- woven base material, such as a non-woven needle felt, a liquid polymer binder, such as a water-based latex blend, and a microencapsulated phase change material dispersed within the binder, the phase change material comprising a material having reversible thermal energy storage properties, such as a hydrocarbon wax, encapsulated in microcapsules of a retaining polymer and the phase change material having an activation temperature of around body temperature.