Changes in Clay Hollow Block Geometry for Energy Efficiency Benefits—Thermal Simulation for Brazil

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This manuscript explores the “Changes in clay hollow block geometry to energy efficiency  benefits – Thermal simulation for Brazil”. The manuscript is elaborately described and contextualized with the help of previous and present theoretical background, However, the introduction section needs improvement . All the references cited are relevant to this area of research. The methods/analytical study are clearly stated. The result and discussion section are clearly presented but it needs a improvement. The manuscript needs the following modifications before the acceptance.

1. Abstract: Mention your research recommendation

2. Arrange the key words in alphabetical order and also capitalise each words.

4. Improve the section Introduction.

6.  Mention your problem statement clearly. What is the novelty of your work?

7. Materials and methods section is too lengthy.

8. Elaborate result and discussion a bit.

9. Conclusion: Mention the research recommendations and scope for the future work

Minor editing of English language required

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,

 

We appreciate you  for your precious time in reviewing our paper and
providing valuable comments. It was your valuable and insightful comments that led to possible improvements in the current version. The authors have carefully considered the comments and tried our best to address every one of them

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Reviewer 2 Report

In this paper a changes in clay hollow block geometry to energy efficiency benefits is made. The thermal simulation for Brazil is analyzed. Before being published, I suggest some improvements in the presentation and in the content.

 

The abstract should be improved. Add more quantifies conclusions, as example.

 

The introduction and the references should be improved. Add more information about the references presented in the paper and add more references related with other issue presented in the paper, but not presented in the actual introduction.

 

The thermal comfort, as example, is referred in the introduction and in others sections. However, in the comfort the PMV index (see ISO 7730) is important to include.

 

More details about the numerical software’s used in the paper should be added: Equations, fluxograms, ...

 

Figure 16 should be converted to English.

 

More information about the inputs data should be added: evolution of the ventilation, HVAC systems, internal air velocity, between others. Use a table as example.

 

More information about the external environments should be added: external temperature, humidity, wind direction and speed, solar radiation and others.

 

Some results about the validation of the application of the software in this case studied can be presented.

 

More results and discussion in this section should be added.

 

The conclusion and the future works should be improved.

Moderate editing of English language

Author Response

We appreciate you for your precious time in reviewing our paper and
providing valuable comments. It was your valuable and insightful comments that led to possible improvements in the current version. The authors have carefully considered the comments and tried our best to address every one of them

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

In the actual version, in general, all suggestions given by the reviewer was commented.

 Moderate editing of English language required