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Specification of Glazings for Façades Based on Spectrophotometric Characterization of Transmittance

Sustainability 2021, 13(10), 5437; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13105437
by Helenice Maria Sacht 1,*, Luís Bragança 2, Manuela Almeida 2 and Rosana Caram 3
Reviewer 1: Anonymous
Sustainability 2021, 13(10), 5437; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13105437
Submission received: 22 April 2021 / Revised: 10 May 2021 / Accepted: 11 May 2021 / Published: 13 May 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Progress in Thermal and Visual Performance of Transparent Envelopes for Energy Saving)

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Reviewer 1 Report

This is an interesting work on the spectrophotometric characterization of glazing transmittance for the study of components of modular façade systems. However, it is not totally new, at least in terms of the objective and the methodology, although an advance with respect to some of the glasses with which it is experimented must be valued.
Regarding the content of the work, it is understood that, on several occasions, statements are mentioned that should be reinforced with bibliographic references that on the other hand are considered quantitatively somewhat scarce.
As for the writing, it should be improved to better understand some sections and with respect to the grammar of the English used.
The radiation transmission results offered for the ultraviolet, visible and near infrared regions are interesting.
The results show the percentage and importance of the transmission of ultraviolet radiation, visible light and near infrared. Based on this, the analysis of the glazing efficiency with respect to natural lighting and the correlation with thermal performance is carried out. In this sense, the results to be discussed in Table 6 are quite clear, and the subsequent discussion seems well argued. However, it is believed that the analysis should be expanded especially with regard to the relationship of these results with glass transmittance in terms of other aspects not related to radiation transmission, since there are data on this in already published works that could be take as a reference to carry out a comparative study, at least of the most important aspects. All this could also be reflected in the conclusions and it is understood that this way the work would be more complete.

Finally, indicate that it is a study for buildings in Portugal and it would be interesting to refer to whether it could be extrapolated in any way to other countries and regions, and where appropriate to which ones and why.

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Reviewer 2 Report

The manuscript is interesting and important, cause glazing makes one of the biggest impact to building HVAC systems.

Maybe no of references could be increased, but maybe it is no the problem.

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