Data Transfer Reliability from Building Information Modeling (BIM) to Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)—A Comparative Case Study of an Industrial Warehouse

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

1. The introduction and backgroundand should provide a clearer introduction to the problem addressed in the study. Specifically, it should highlight the importance of automating environmental assessments in the construction sector and the role of BIM and LCA software in this process.The background information on BIM and Athena Impact Estimator should be expanded to provide a better understanding of their functionalities and limitations.

2.The methodology section should be more detailed and structured. Each step should be briefly explained in terms of its purpose, the tools used, and the data involved. Specifically, the choice of Revit as the BIM software and SIMAPRO as the benchmark LCA software should be justified. The method used for comparing the automatic and manual LCA results should be described in more detail.

3.The discussion should highlight the implications of the findings for the construction sector and the potential for automating environmental assessments.

Comments on the Quality of English Language

The English could be improved to more clearly express the research.

Author Response

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The article is interesting and relevant to the field. The structure, length, and selected methods are suitable for analysis. The abstract is clear and presents the research results as well. 

I have the following comments for the authors:

1. Line 102, what does it mean facilities 6? 

2. Line 158: processesError! Reference source not found.. 

3. Line 166: Tajda et al. and Carvalho et al. pointed out.? The cited source is not provided in a literature list.

4. Line 169: Arghavan et al. The reference number is not presented in the text and the mentioned author is not provided in a reference list. 

5. Line 180: Zhen et al. point out…..refers to [20], but in a reference list there is not a reference of Zhen et al.

6. Line 201: Oludolopa et al. point out…. refers to [27], but in a reference list there is not a reference of Oludolopa et al.

7. The citation style of the references should be the same in all text. From Section 2 the references cited in text like: (EN 15804, 2020), (PRé 262 Sustainability, 2018), (PRé Sustainability, 2020; RIVM Committed to health and sustainability, 2018), (ISO, 2006b, 2006a). These references are not provided in a Reference list. Please make the citation of references in text in the same style. 

8. The results presented in section 3.1. have to be clearly described. 

9. The Authors should cite scientific articles published in 2024 year.  

10. The article's authors have to underline the article's novelty (In the Introduction or Conclusion section). 

 

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

NO COMMENTS

Comments on the Quality of English Language

The English could be improved to more clearly express the research.

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Dear Authors,

The article has been improved according to the reviewers' comments. 

I have no more suggestions for the article's improvement.

The Reviewer