Dr Sumin Kim

Lecturer UniSA Business

City West Campus (WL4-54)
tel +61 8 830 27005

email Sumin.Kim@unisa.edu.au

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About me

Dr. Sumin Kim is a lecturer in Property at the UniSA Business. His main research interests include Building Sustainability, PropTech and Behavioural Real Estate. Most notably, he has conducted several studies on NABERS and Green Star certified green buildings in Australia. Hitherto, he has received several academic awards including two best paper awards, one best presentation award, one PhD publication award and one commendation for teaching excellence.

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Research

Research focus

Building
Architecture
Built Environment and Design
Civil Engineering
Design Practice and Management

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2024	Cho, H, Kim, KP & Kim, S 2024, 'Risk assessment of housing reconstruction projects using private blockchain technology: a conceptual model', The Korea Spatial Planning Review, vol. 120, pp. 19-34. Open access
2023	Oo, BL, Lim, BTH & Kim, S 2023, 'Working from home during COVID-19 and beyond: exploring the perceptions of consultants in construction', Buildings, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 1-19. Open access 4 3
2022	Kim, S, Lim, BTH & Oo, BL 2022, 'Energy consumption and carbon emissions of mandatory green certified offices in Australia: evidence and lessons learnt across 2011-2020', Sustainability, vol. 14, no. 21, article no. 13773, pp. 1-18. Open access 3 2 2
2021	Han, H, Kim, S, Jin, MY & Pettit, C 2021, 'Providing affordable housing through urban renewal projects in Australia: expert opinions on barriers and opportunities', International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 41-61. Open access 6 6 1
2019	Kim, S, Lim, BT & Kim, J 2019, 'Tenants' motivations to lease green office buildings: an exploratory study of Sydney central business district', International Journal of Structural and Civil Engineering Research, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 59-62. Open access
2018	Han, JH, Kim, S, Kim, J-H & Lee, S-Y 2018, 'A review of zero energy housing regulations for low-income households', International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 343-360. 4 2
2014	Kim, S & Osmond, P 2014, 'Analyzing green building rating tools for healthcare buildings from the building user's perspective', Indoor and Built Environment, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 757-766. 20 19

Conferences

Year	Output
2020	Kim, S & Lim, B 2020, 'Tenants' office leasing motivators toward the tangible and symbolic aspects of office buildings: between green and non-green buildings', 5th International Conference on Civil and Environmental Engineering for Sustainability 2019, Institute of Physics Publishing, v. 498, pp. 1-6. Open access 1
2019	Kim, S & Lim, BT 2019, 'Analysing the characteristics of green and non-green buildings: from the real estate perspective', 6th International Conference on Environment: Empowering Environment and Sustainable Engineering Nexus Through Green Technology, ICENV 2018, American Institute of Physics, vol. 2124, article no. 020049, pp. 1-5. 1
2019	Kim, S & Lim, BT 2019, 'Dimensions of tenants' office leasing behaviours: an introductory study', Postgraduate Symposium in Civil and Environmental Engineering 2019, PSCEE 2019, Institute of Physics Publishing, vol. 601, no. 1, article no. 012022, pp. 1-7. Open access 1
2019	Kim, S & Lim, BT 2019, 'Do office tenants really pay for the greenness?: Findings from PLS-SEM', 6th International Conference on Environment: Empowering Environment and Sustainable Engineering Nexus Through Green Technology, ICENV 2018, American Institute of Physics, vol. 2124, article no. 020052, pp. 1-5. Open access 3
2018	Kim, S & Lim, B 2018, 'How effective is mandatory building energy disclosure program in Australia?', 4th International Conference on Civil and Environmental Engineering for Sustainability, IConCEES 2017, Institute of Physics Publishing, vol. 140, no. 1, article no. 012106, pp. 1-7. Open access 7 6
2017	Kim, S, Lim, BT & Kim, J 2017, 'Green features, symbolic values and rental premium: systematic review and meta-analysis', International High-Performance Built Environment Conference - A Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2016 Series SBE16, iHBE 2016, Elsevier, vol. 180, pp. 41-48. Open access 11 10
2017	Kim, S, Lim, BT & Kim, J 2017, 'Tenants' decision to or not to lease green & non-green buildings: a conceptual framework', International High-Performance Built Environment Conference - A Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2016 Series SBE16, iHBE 2016, Elsevier, vol. 180, pp. 1551-1557. Open access 3 2
2016	Kim, S, Lim, BT & Kim, J 2016, 'The effect of building sustainability regulation on the green office building stock in Australia', Actions for the Built Environment of Post Carbon era Complying with COP21, Hanyang University, pp. 470-473. Open access
2015	Kim, S, Kim, J & Lim, BT 2015, 'Who occupies the green building: a case of Australia', The 6th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management (ICCEPM 2015), Korea Institute of Construction Engineering and Management (KICEM), pp. 1-5. Open access

Reports

Year	Output
2021	Kim, S & Park, C 2021, Australian housing market trends and policy changes: strategies for better housing affordability and market stability, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements, Korea. Open access

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Highlights

Best Paper Award: ICENV 2018 International Conference on Environment (ICENV)

Best Paper Award: ISCEE 2018 International Symposium on Civil and Environmental Engineering (ISCEE)

Best Presenter Award: ICSEE 2018 International Conference on Sustainable Energy Engineering (ICSEE)

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Korea Land and Housing Corporation	KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH)
Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements	KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH)
Myong Ji University	KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH)
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Member Korean Academy of Scientists and Engineers in Australasia (KASEA)	2020
Member Korea Institute of Construction Engineering and Management (KICEM)	2020
Member Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES)	2020
Member Korean-American Construction Engineering and Project Management Association	2020
Member Korea Real Estate Society (KRES)	2020
Member Korean-American Construction Engineering and Project Management Association	2019
Member Korean Academy of Scientists and Engineers in Australasia (KASEA)	2019
Member Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES)	2019
Best Paper Award ICENV 2018 International Conference on Environment (ICENV)	2018
Best Paper Award ISCEE 2018 International Symposium on Civil and Environmental Engineering (ISCEE)	2018
Best Presenter Award ICSEE 2018 International Conference on Sustainable Energy Engineering (ICSEE)	2018
Member Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES)	2018
Member Korean Academy of Scientists and Engineers in Australasia (KASEA)	2018
Member Korean-American Construction Engineering and Project Management Association	2018
Member Korean-American Construction Engineering and Project Management Association	2017
Member Korean Academy of Scientists and Engineers in Australasia (KASEA)	2017
Member Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES)	2017
Member Pacific Rim Real Estate Society (PRRES)	2016
Member Korean Academy of Scientists and Engineers in Australasia (KASEA)	2016
Member Korean Academy of Scientists and Engineers in Australasia (KASEA)	2015

Teaching & student supervision

Highlights

Teaching Commendation: UniSA Business 2020 Commendation for Teaching Excellence Award

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Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Understanding the relationship between management accounting practice and circular economy principles: evidence from the tea plantation industry in Sri Lanka	Current

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