General
Mills, E. 2006. "Let There Be Light!" ECEEE Commentary. [PDF]
Mills, E. 2015. "Can Technology Free Developing Countries from Light Poverty?" The Guardian, July 30. [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. 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. 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.
Finance and economics
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]
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]
Carbon offsets
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. 2005. "The Specter of Fuel-Based Lighting," Science 308:1263-1264. [PDF] (invited)
Mills, E. 1999. "Fuel-based Light: Large CO2 Source." Newsletter of the International Association for Energy-Efficient Lighting (2/99), pp. 1-9.
Health, Safety, and Welfare
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. 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]