Dr Sumin Kim

Research Interests

Artificial Intelligence Behavioural economics Building science, technologies and systems Environmentally sustainable energy activities Real Estate and Valuation Services Sustainability indicators

Dr Sumin Kim

Lecturer

School of Accounting and Finance

College of Business and Law

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Dr. Sumin Kim is a lecturer in Property at UniSA Business, the University of South Australia, and also an Associate Director of the Social Enterprise and Inclusion stream of the Centre for Markets, Values and Inclusion (CMVI) Leadership Team.
Sumin's main research interests include Sustainable Real Estate, Behavioural Real Estate, and PropTech (Property + Technology). His research works mainly contribute to discussions on property market stakeholders' behaviours, policy changes and impacts, and technology adoption in property/real esate. Most notably, he has conducted several studies on NABERS and Green Star certified "green buildings" in Australia, with particular interests given to their acceptance and performance in the Australian office market. Further, Sumin has produced several housing-focused studies involving policy analysis and review.
Prior to joining UniSA in 2020, Sumin worked at Faculty of Built Environment, the University of New South Wales as a casual and sessional academic. He received his Ph.D from UNSW in 2019.
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.

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2020 Teaching Award Commendation for Teaching Excellence Award University of South Australia Australia -
2018 Award Best Paper Award Universiti Sains Malaysia Malaysia -
2018 Award Best Paper Award Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Malaysia -
2018 Award Best Presenter Award Conference Committee of the International Conference on Sustainable Energy Engineering Australia -

Language Competency
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
Japanese Can speak and understand spoken
Korean Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
2014 UNSW Sydney Australia Doctor of Philosophy

Year Citation
2025 Leishman, C., Abebe, F., Baker, E., Kim, S., & Reid, A. (2025). The willingness to pay and the willingness to stay in privately rented housing. Housing Studies, online, 1-32.
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2024 Cho, H., Kim, K. P., & Kim, S. (2024). Risk assessment of housing reconstruction projects using private blockchain technology: a conceptual model. The Korea Spatial Planning Review, 120, 19-34.
2023 Oo, B. L., Lim, B. T. H., & Kim, S. (2023). Working from home during COVID-19 and beyond: exploring the perceptions of consultants in construction. Buildings, 13(1), 1-19.
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2022 Kim, S., Lim, B. T. H., & Oo, B. L. (2022). Energy consumption and carbon emissions of mandatory green certified offices in Australia: evidence and lessons learnt across 2011-2020. Sustainability, 14(21, article no. 13773), 1-18.
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2021 Han, H., Kim, S., Jin, M. Y., & 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, 9(2), 41-61.
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2019 Kim, S., Lim, B. T. H., & 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, 8(1), 59-62.
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2018 Han, J. H., 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, 9(4), 343-360.
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2014 Kim, S., & Osmond, P. (2014). Analyzing green building rating tools for healthcare buildings from the building user's perspective. Indoor and Built Environment, 23(5), 757-766.
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Year Citation
2020 Kim, S., & Lim, B. T. H. (2020). Tenants' office leasing motivators toward the tangible and symbolic aspects of office buildings: between green and non-green buildings. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science Vol. 498 (pp. 1-6). UK: Institute of Physics Publishing.
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2019 Kim, S., & Lim, B. T. H. (2019). Dimensions of tenants' office leasing behaviours: an introductory study. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering Vol. 601 (pp. 1-7). UK: Institute of Physics Publishing.
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2019 Kim, S., & Lim, B. T. H. (2019). Analysing the characteristics of green and non-green buildings: from the real estate perspective. In AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 2124 (pp. 1-5). US: American Institute of Physics.
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2019 Kim, S., & Lim, B. T. H. (2019). Do office tenants really pay for the greenness?: Findings from PLS-SEM. In AIP Conference Proceedings Vol. 2124 (pp. 1-5). US: American Institute of Physics.
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2018 Kim, S., & Lim, B. T. H. (2018). How effective is mandatory building energy disclosure program in Australia?. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science Vol. 140 (pp. 1-7). US: Institute of Physics Publishing.
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2017 Kim, S., Lim, B. T. H., & Kim, J. (2017). Green features, symbolic values and rental premium: systematic review and meta-analysis. In Procedia Engineering Vol. 180 (pp. 41-48). Netherlands: Elsevier.
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2017 Kim, S., Lim, B. T. H., & Kim, J. (2017). Tenants' decision to or not to lease green & non-green buildings: a conceptual framework. In International High-Performance Built Environment Conference - A Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2016 Series SBE16, iHBE 2016 Vol. 180 (pp. 1551-1557). Netherlands: Elsevier.
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2016 Kim, S., Lim, B. T. H., & Kim, J. (2016). The effect of building sustainability regulation on the green office building stock in Australia. In Proceeding of International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment SBE16 Seoul (pp. 470-473). South Korea: Hanyang University.
2015 Kim, S., Kim, J., & Lim, B. T. H. (2015). Who occupies the green building: a case of Australia. In Global Collaboration for Asia's Construction Challenges (pp. 1-5). South Korea: Korea Institute of Construction Engineering and Management (KICEM).

Courses I teach

  • BUSS 2069 Property Asset Management (2025)
  • BUSS 3101 Real Estate Practice (2025)
  • BUSS 1055 Discovering Opportunities in Property (2024)
  • BUSS 2069 Property Asset Management (2024)
  • BUSS 3101 Real Estate Practice (2024)

Programs I'm associated with

  • DBPY - Bachelor of Business (Property)
  • DBRF - Bachelor of Business

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2023 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Upekha A W R Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage

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