Mills, E., J. Tracy, P. Alstone, A. Jacobson, and P. Avato. 2014. "Low-cost LED Flashlights and Market Spoiling in Kenya's Off-grid Lighting Market." Energy Efficiency 8:323–337 [PDF]
Mills, E., T. Gengnagal, and P. Wollburg. 2014. "Solar-LED Alternatives to Fuel-based Lighting for Night Fishing." Energy for Sustainable Development 21:30-41. [PDF]
Alstone, P., K. Radecsky, A. Jacobson, and E. Mills. 2014. "Field Study Methods and Results from a Market Trial of Night Market Vendors in Rural Kenya." Light and Engineering 22(2):23-37. [PDF]
Gengnegal, T., P. Wolburg, and E. Mills. 2013. "Alternatives to Fuel-Based Lighting for Night Fishing: Field Tests of Lake and Ocean Applications in East Africa." Lumina Project Technical Report #11. [Online summary][PDF]
Tracy, J. and E. Mills. 2012. "LED Lighting Beneficial for the Developing World." World Poultry. pp. 32-33, January [Online version & downloads] [PDF]
Tracy, J. and E. Mills. 2011. "Illuminating The Pecking Order in Off-Grid Lighting: A Demonstration of LED Lighting for Saving Energy in the Poultry Sector," Light and Engineering, Vol 19, No. 4, pp 67-76 [PDF] Also as Lumina Project Technical Report #8, 2010 [PDF] (invited)
Alstone, P. A. Jacobson, and E. Mills. 2010. "Illumination Sufficiency Survey Techniques: In-situ Measurements of Lighting System Performance and a User Preference Survey for Illuminance in an Off-Grid, African Setting ." Lumina Project Research Note #7 [Web][PDF]
Tracy, J., P. Alstone, A. Jacobson, and E. Mills. 2010. "Market Trial: Selling Off-Grid Lighting Products in Rural Kenya," Lumina Project Technical Report #6 [PDF]
Tracy, J., A. Jacobson, and E. Mills. 2010. "Use Patterns of LED Flashlights in Kenya and a One-Year Cost Analysis of Flashlight Ownership." Lumina Project Research Note #5. [PDF]
Tracy, J., A. Jacobson, and E. Mills. 2009. "Quality and Performance of LED Flashlights in Kenya: Common End User Preferences and Complaints." Lumina Project Research Note #4. [PDF]
Johnstone, P., A. Jacobson, E. Mills, and K Radecsky. 2009. "Observed Minimum Illuminance Threshold for Night Market Vendors in Kenya Who Use LED Lamps." Lumina Project Research Note #3. LBNL-2148E. [PDF]
Johnstone, P., A. Jacobson, E.. Mills, and M. Mumbi. 2009. "Self-reported Impacts of LED Lighting Technology Compared to Fuel-based Lighting on Night Market Business Prosperity in Kenya." Lumina Project Research Note #2. LBNL-2076E. [PDF]
Radecsky, K., P. Johnstone, A. Jacobson, and E. Mills. 2008. "Solid-State Lighting on a Shoestring Budget: The Economics of Off-Grid Lighting for Small Businesses in Kenya." Lumina Project Technical Report #3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Humboldt State University. LBNL-2075E. [PDF]
Mills, E. and A. Jacobson. 2007. "The Off-Grid Lighting Market in Western Kenya: LED Alternatives and Consumer Preferences in a Millennium Development Village." Lumina Project Technical Report #2. [PDF]
Jones, R., D. Jianping, Z. Gentry, I. Gur, and E. Mills. 2005. "Alternatives to Fuel-based Lighting in China." Proceedings of the 6thInternational Conference on Energy-Efficient Lighting, Shanghai. (refereed) [PDF]
Mills, E. 2000. "Fuel-Based Lighting in the Workplace." Newsletter of the International Association for Energy-Efficient Lighting (1-2/00), pp. 12. [PDF]
Mills, E. 1996. "Light & Lighting: A Photo Essay from India." Newsletter of the International Association for Energy-Efficient Lighting(2/96), p. 1.
Mills, E. 2016. "Identifying and Reducing the Health and Safety Impacts of Fuel-Based Lighting." Energy for Sustainable Development, 30:39-50. [PDF]
Mills, E. 2014. "Light for Life: Identifying and Reducing the Health and Safety Impacts of Fuel-based Lighting." Prepared for United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) en.lighten initiative, Paris. [PDF]
Mills, E. 2012. "Health Impacts of Fuel-based Lighting." Lumina Project Technical Report #10. [Online summary & downloads][PDF]
Apple, J., R. Vicente, A. Yarberry, N. Lohse, E. Mills, A. Jacobson, and D. Poppendieck. 2010. "Characterization of Particulate Matter Size Distributions and Indoor Concentrations from Kerosene and Diesel Lamps." Indoor Air 20(5):399-411 [PDF]
Mills, E. 2023. "Green Remittances: A Novel Form of Sustainability Finance." Energy Policy. 176:113501 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113501 [PDF]
Mills, E. 2017. "Beware Kerosene Subsidies". Editorial. European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. [PDF] [online]
Mills, E. 2017. "Global Kerosene Subsidies: An Obstacle to Energy Efficiency and Development." World Development [PDF]
Mills, E. 2016. "Job Creation and Energy Savings Through a Transition to Modern Off-grid Lighting." Energy for Sustainable Development 33:155-166. [PDF]
Mills, E. 2015. "Can Technology Free Developing Countries from Light Poverty?" The Guardian, July 30. [PDF]
Craine, S., E. Mills, and J. Guay. 2014. "Clean Energy Services for All: Financing Universal Electrification." Sierra Club: Washington, D.C., 8pp. [PDF]
Mills. 2014. “Lifting the Darkness on the Price of Light: An Assessment of Energy Subsidies on the Off-grid Lighting Market in ECOWAS countries.” Prepared for United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) en.lighten initiative, Paris. [PDF]
Mills, E. 2014. “Light & Livelihood: A Bright Outlook for Employment in the Transition from Fuel-based Lighting to Electric Alternatives.” Prepared for United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) en.lighten initiative, Paris. [PDF]
Mills, E. 2011. "CDM Rewards High-quality Off-grid Lighting Products" Lighting Africa Newsletter, February 28. [PDF]
Mills, E. and A. Jacobson. 2011. "From Carbon to Light: A New Framework for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions from Replacing Fuel-Based Lighting with LED Systems." Energy Efficiency, 4:523-546. [PDF]
Based on Mills, E. 2010. "From Carbon to Light." Lumina Project Technical Report #5 [PDF]
Mills, E. 2006. "Let There Be Light!" ECEEE Commentary. [PDF]
Mills, E. 2005. "The Specter of Fuel-Based Lighting," Science 308:1263-1264. [PDF] (invited)
Mills, E. 2003. "The Role of High-Efficiency Lighting Systems in Meeting Humanitarian Needs in Solar-LED Lighting for Camps for Refugees and Internally Displaced People." [PDF]
Mills, E. 2000. "Fuel for Lighting: An Expensive Commodity." Boiling Point. No. 45. Autumn. pp. 12-13. Intermediate Technology Development Group, Schumacher Centre for Technology & Development, United Kingdom.
Mills, E. 1999. "Fuel-based Light: Large CO2 Source." Newsletter of the International Association for Energy-Efficient Lighting (2/99), pp. 1-9.
Alstone, P., P. Lai, E. Mills, and A. Jacobson. 2014. "High Life Cycle Efficacy Explains Fast Energy Payback for Improved Off-Grid Lighting in the Developing World." Journal of Industrial Ecology 18(5):722-733 [PDF] [Supporting Material]
Alstone, P., E. Mills, and A. Jacobson. 2011. "Embodied Energy and Off-Grid Lighting." Lumina Project Technical Report #9
Tracy, J., A. Jacobson, and E. Mills. 2010. "Assessing the Performance of LED-Based Flashlights Available in the Kenyan Off-Grid Lighting Market." Lumina Project Research Note #6. [PDF]
Granderson, J., J Galvin, D. Bolotov, R. Clear, A. Jacobson, and E. Mills. 2008. "Measured Off-Grid LED Lighting System Performance." Lumina Project Technical Report #4. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Humboldt State University. LBNL-2025E. [PDF]
World Bank and International Finance Corporation. 2007. "Product Quality Assurance for Offgrid Lighting in Africa." Conference Proceedings from the Lighting Africa Product Quality Assurance Workshop, Airlie Conference Center, Arlie VA, October 14-16. Prepared for ESMAP. LBNL-428E. [PDF]
Mills, E. 2007. "Assessing the Performance of 5mm White LED Light Sources for Developing-Country Applications." LBNL-62620. [PDF]
Mills, E. and A. Jacobson. 2007. "The Need for Independent Quality and Performance Testing for Emerging Off-grid White-LED Illumination Systems for Developing Countries." Svetotechnika (Light and Engineering), 16(2):5-24. [PDF], and Russian, 2:4-11 (invited)
Based on Lumina Project Technical Report #1. [PDF]
Mills, E. 2003. "Technical and Economic Performance Analysis of Kerosene Lamps and Alternative Approaches to Illumination in Developing Countries." Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. [PDF]