Dr. Gon Kim

Dr. Gon Kim is an Architectural Environmental Engineer and currently a Professor of Architectural Engineering at Kyung Hee University, where he leads the Sustainable Lighting Science Program in South Korea. He earned his doctoral degree from Texas A&M University in the area of sustainable design for all-glazed atrium buildings. His professional life is densely filled with research, practice, publication, and teaching for the growth of environment-friendly architecture with sustainable lighting. His skill in computational analysis of building performance has provided pragmatic knowledge on how to design, develop, evaluate, construct, and operate the healthiest, most productive and energy efficient built environment in Korea. In his teaching role within the Department of Architectural Engineering at Kyung Hee University, he teaches core courses within his areas of interest, sustainable lighting, daylighting, light pollution, energy efficiency, and health design and more advanced methodologies to monitor the already-built environment.