GATE Climatology and Environmentally Responsive Design: Thermal comfort in built environments – Previous Year Questions

6 GATE previous year questions on Thermal comfort in built environments (Climatology and Environmentally Responsive Design, Architecture and Planning) with answers and explanations, from every paper.

1. GATE 2021 AR Q12 (1 mark, Multiple choice) – Which acronym represents a thermal-comfort index?
2. GATE 2022 AR — Architecture Q55 (1 mark, Numerical answer) – A blackbody radiant heating panel has area 5 m² and surface temperature 35°C. A 1 m² surface at 20°C is 1 m away. With Stefan–Boltzmann constant…
3. GATE 2022 AR — Architecture Q65 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A room has wet-bulb temperature 25°C, globe temperature 30°C and air speed 0.5 m/s. By how many °C does Tropical Summer Index decrease when speed…
4. GATE 2024 AR — Planning Q37 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Which statements are true?
5. GATE 2024 AR — Architecture Q37 (2 marks, Multiple select) – Which statements are true?
6. GATE 2026 AR — Architecture Q62 (2 marks, Numerical answer) – A facade has 48 m² glazing with U=5.2 W/(m²°C), light-to-solar-gain ratio 1.5 and visible-light transmittance 0.6. Incident solar radiation is 400…