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Professor Jong-Jin Kim teaches building and environmental technology and at the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan. The principal theme of his research and scholarly work is to explore how environmental sustainability and technological innovation shape future architecture and the building industry. Under this theme, he teaches courses and conducts research on sustainable design, intelligent buildings, building energy conservation, onsite solar and wind energy production, and zero energy community development.

Since 1978, he has conducted a variety of research projects on building technology in three continents: passive solar systems at the University of Texas at Austin (1978-1981), daylighting and building energy conservation at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley (1981-1988), where he received his Ph.D. in Architecture, and active and passive solar technologies at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (1988-1991).

In 1985, Dr. Kim was a visiting academic at the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom, where he was a resident consultant to the ABACUS research group for developing a stochastic radiation exchange model. At Strathclyde Engineering, he collaborated with European researchers, and served as a British representative to the EEC Building Research Consortium. During 1989 - 1994, he was a U.S. representative to the International Energy Agency Task XII group. At Michigan, he organized and chaired the 1994 ACSA Technology Conference entitled “Design and Technological Innovation for the Environment.”

He has published and given lectures internationally on energy and environmental sustainability. His publications include “Green Principles in Architecture,” “Architectural Compendium for Environmental Education,” “Intelligent Building Systems” published by the 7th edition of Timesaver Standards, “Optimization of Photovoltaic Integrated Shading Devices,” and Wireless Monitoring of Indoor Air Quality by a Sensor Network.”

During 2000 and 2003, he was invited to serve as an honorary editor for the Sustainable Built-Environment section of the Encyclopedia of Life Supporting Systems sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In 2005, he was a recipient of the Brainpool Fellowship sponsored by the Korean Science and Engineering Foundation. He has collaborated with architectural practitioners on various green building projects. Currently, he is an Associate Editor of the Indoor and Building Environment Journal.

Professor Jong-Jin Kim teaches building and environmental technology and at the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan. The principal theme of his research and scholarly work is to explore how environmental sustainability and technological innovation shape future architecture and the building industry. Under this theme, he teaches courses and conducts research on sustainable design, intelligent buildings, building energy conservation, onsite solar and wind energy production, and zero energy community development.

Since 1978, he has conducted a variety of research projects on building technology in three continents: passive solar systems at the University of Texas at Austin (1978-1981), daylighting and building energy conservation at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley (1981-1988), where he received his Ph.D. in Architecture, and…

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