Sustainability in Building and Construction within the Framework of Circular Cities and European New Green Deal. The Contribution of Concrete Recycling
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The paper is a good systematization of the state of the art on the subject and of its scientific bibliography, but does not report elements of particular originality.
In the text there are some repetitions of basic concepts and the treatment of the various topics is very superficial.
The conclusions are positioned in the field of scientific dissemination and not of research literature.
Author Response
Answer to Reviewer 1
Thank you very much for your so valuable comment
The paper is a good systematization of the state of the art on the subject and of its scientific bibliography, but does not report elements of particular originality.
We think the originality can be viewed in European action plans or directives or guidelines, definitevely udated.
In the text there are some repetitions of basic concepts and the treatment of the various topics is very superficial.
According to your suggestion, we changed something, avoiding repetitions and we have decided to clarify our considerations by some case studied that can explain the research approach
The conclusions are positioned in the field of scientific dissemination and not of research literature.
We totally agree with You. We hope to have implemented conclusions, with some other scientific considerations.
Reviewer 2 Report
The paper would benefit from references to case studies or real-life situations. At this moment, it seems to be too abstract and general. This weakness appears all the way through the paper and the conclusion is not critical and detailed at all.
The paper focuses unproportionate on concrete. If this is a focus of the paper, it should be clear from the title and the abstract or it should be explained why is this material discussed in deeper detail. If it is not the case, there should be more discussion on other materials.
Also, the paper would benefit from illustrative figures. This applies to both, systemic diagrams illustrating the discussion as well as to photos showing the recycled material.
Author Response
Thank you very much for your so valuable comment
The paper would benefit from references to case studies or real-life situations. At this moment, it seems to be too abstract and general
Thank You. You are totally right.
We added four interesting case studies that demonstrate the assumptions and give usefull examples in recycling sustainability.
This weakness appears all the way through the paper and the conclusion is not critical and detailed at all.
We performed and completed conclusions by more robust considerations and we hope to have had improved and clirified our approaches.
The paper focuses unproportionate on concrete.
You are totally right. In abstract, we added a sentences, as well in conclusions, highlighting the fact that several case studies we analysed were more concrete-oriented
Also, the paper would benefit from illustrative figures. This applies to both, systemic diagrams illustrating the discussion as well as to photos showing the recycled material.
We added photos and graphs. I totally agree with reviewer. We think the paper take advantages by these figures and improvement
Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
The article with the modifications and additions made by the authors is much more balanced and effective in the exposition and, above all, in supporting the robust review on the topic.
The middle part (3. Results and Discussion) works much better than in the first version.
The conclusions are also much better organized and exposed.
Author Response
Many thanks reviewer 1 for the so gratifying comment. We are very glad to have answered suggestions appropriately and correctly. Thank you again for all support and valuable suggestions
Reviewer 2 Report
The article improved a lot. I think there are two minor revisions to consider:
- I think that the paper is concrete focused should appear also in the title
- Not all the figures are referenced in the text
Author Response
Many thanks reviewer 2 for the so gratifying comment. We are very glad to have answered suggestions appropriately and correctly.
We added the concrete-focusing also in the title (as suggested)
Thank You very much. We referenced all the figures (actually, we had forgot some of them!)
Thank you again for all support and valuable suggestions
