Effectiveness of the IoT in Regional Energy Transition: The Smart Bin Case Study
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Der Author
The methodology and analysis and findings are well-written. I think your survey about smart bins and your developed smart bin is very interesting. But your introduction needs some improvement because you talk a lot about lignite fire plants and the lignite industry. But as a reader of your publication, you must read till page 9 to understand the connection between lignite and smart waste bins. I would suggest shortening the introduction and investing more in the analysis and finding part. Your findings need more space, you should describe them more and reference them in the text. All consider your source referencing and citations should be improved because a lot of facts are not referenced.
Here, you please find some further comments:
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16 |
Unnecessary t after Greece |
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13-14 |
Nearly the same sentence as in Lines 38-39 Line 13-14: Lignite has long dominated the electricity system of Greece, providing cheap and reliable energy, given the abundant and low-cost domestic resources at the cost of increased emission. Line 38-39: Lignite has long dominated the electricity system of Greece, providing cheap and reliable energy, given the abundant and low-cost domestic resources. |
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74-75 |
Is 2025, right? the Ptolemaida V bloc, which is still under construction and will burn lignite until 2028 or even until 2025 |
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80-81 |
Source and Data from which year? Fig. 1 how much the participation of lignite in the balance of energy production in Greece has decreased. |
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138 157 |
Different abbreviation for National Waste Management Plan Line 138 NWMP Line 157 NRP |
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Figure 1 |
Need for a source reference and year of the presented data |
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68-70 |
Need for a source reference for the decreasing consumption of conventional fuels |
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71 |
How was the Greek Prime Minister? |
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72—73 |
Need for a source reference for the phase-out for the coal powerplants and the 80% of current installed capacity |
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78-79 |
NPEC need a source reference to be accessible to others |
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80-86 |
The presented facts are not presented in Figure 1 You talk about participation in Line 80 but show GWh in Figure 1 |
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86-87 |
A source of 43.8 billion euros is needed. |
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93-97 |
unnecessary information |
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99 |
No explanation for PPC |
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100-101 |
Source for the peak of production in the period 2001-2004 |
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101 |
Which indicators |
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104-107 |
Source needed for constant decrease lignite fires power plants and the increased Emissions Trading System (ETS) carbon price |
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108 |
Source for the Master Plan |
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138 |
The new national Waste Management Plan (NWMP) Need for a source and a year Also for Lines 138-142 |
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144 |
Need for a source reference for (Directive 2018/851) |
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148 |
Source for largest amount of waste agriculture (40%) |
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Figure 3 |
Need for an image source reference |
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157 |
Need for a source reference new National Waste Management Plan (NRP) for the period 2020-2030 |
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161-166 |
Source for the statement |
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166-168 |
Tone mismatch: The problem is known to all of us: our neighborhood glass or paper bins have overflowed, but according to the collection plan, the waste management company will return the next day. The result: |
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194 |
A variety of smart bin systems are currently available on the global market, many of which are still in a pilot phase, as table 1 shows There is no table 1. |
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209-210 |
Source for the statement: Municipalities want smart bins, but not technologically complex ones. |
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216-226 |
Source for these statements |
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Figure 4 |
Need an additional axis Not clear what is shown |
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228-229 |
The global market of smart waste management is expected to reach USD 4.5 billion by 2027 [9], as shown on Fig. 4. Figure 4 only shows data from 2018 to 2025 and no data of 2027 It isn't clear what is shown in this Figure (no y-axis) |
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228 244 246 |
Three different abbreviations for US Dollars Line 228 USD; Line 244 US$; Line 246 $278.8 US |
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229-232 |
Source for the statement: This market is projected to grow at a rate of 7% from 2019 to 2027 in revenue, mainly due to the adoption of the potential Internet of Thinks (IoT) and the technological philosophy of smart cities. During the projected period (2019-2027), North America is expected to become the leading smart waste collection market, followed by Europe and Asia-Pacific. |
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238-242 |
Source for the statements: Regarding geographical distribution, North America is expected to dominate the smart waste collection market, as the US has a significant market share and is expected to expand by 8.1% annually in the period 2019-2027. In addition, the smart waste collection market in Europe and the Middle East is also projected to increase during the forecast period. |
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245-247 |
Source reference needed for Frost & Sullivan |
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246 |
$278.8 US Million or billion? |
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258-265 |
Need for Sources for these paragraphs. |
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271-283 |
Source for these bullet points |
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293-297 |
Need for Sources for these paragraphs. |
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303-310 |
Need for Sources for these paragraphs. |
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325-326 |
Format of the units: 20 oC and 1800 mm2/s |
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329 |
Power consumption isn’t measured in mA |
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352 |
Unnecessary 1 in municipalities1 |
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Figure 7-11 |
There is no reference to these figures in the text Also, the sharpness and the used font size aren't always the same |
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424 |
Waste Macedonia is mentioned a couple of times, why is it now with an abbreviation |
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434 |
Unexplained abbreviation PPC |
Author Response
Thank you for your remarks
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Reviewer 2 Report
Comments for author File: Comments.pdf
Author Response
Thank you so much
Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
Dear Author,
thank you for considering my comments und suggestions.
Best wishes.
