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    With the recent discoveries and engineering solutions emerging in nanomaterials and nanostructures, independent band modulation of solar radiation on building envelopes, including glazing systems, has become increasingly viable as a potential means of improving building energy savings and indoor visual comfort. However, when it comes to the prediction of these new materials’ potential energy performance in buildings, most studies utilize a simple solar irradiance (e.g., global horizontal solar irradiance, direct beam solar irradiance) or a rough estimation of solar infrared (e.g., 50% solar irradiance) as input, which may cause significant errors. Consequently, there is a pressing need for reliable performance estimations of the solar infrared control and response at the building’s scale. To assess this, we need a solar spectral irradiance model, or at least a wideband (visible or infrared) solar irradiance model, as input. To develop this new type of model, one needs to understand the modeling-related key elements, including available solar spectral irradiance datasets, data collection methods, and modeling techniques. As such, this paper reviews the current major measurement methods and tools used in collecting solar spectral irradiance data with a focus on the solar infrared region, identifies the available related resources and datasets that particularly encompass the solar spectral irradiance data with a sufficient wavelength range, and studies existing solar irradiation modeling techniques for building simulations. These investigations will then form the background and backbone for a study scheme of solar infrared radiation modeling and indicate future research paths and opportunities. 
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    Solar radiation is a key factor influencing sustainable building engineering, in terms of both optical and thermal properties of building envelopes. Solar irradiance data in a conventional weather data file are broadband, representing the total of ultraviolet (UV), visible light (VIS), and near-infrared radiation (NIR), three components of the solar spectrum; however, these three components play different roles in sustainable building design and engineering. For instance, solar VIS always provides benefits to indoor building energy savings (e.g., electrical lighting), while solar NIR is beneficial to building energy savings in winter but undesirable in summer. As a consequence, there is a need for reliable separate analyses focusing on individual solar radiation components. In this work, we explore and test classification-based modeling methods for decomposing hourly broadband global horizontal solar irradiance data in conventional weather files into hourly global horizontal solar NIR components. This model can then be conveniently implemented for sustainable building design and engineering purposes. 
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