Evan Mills is a Senior Scientist in the Building Technology and Urban Systems Division, and has worked in the energy efficiency field since 1982. He previously led the Center for Building Science at LBNL. His core commercial-buildings expertise is in energy benchmarking, commissioning, high-tech buildings, risk management, and the efficiency business case. He is a frequent speaker to academic and industry audiences on buildings energy efficiency, author of over 300 publications, and member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He is recipient of an R&D 100 award for commercializing Home Energy Saver software in 2009. Mills holds a MS degree in Energy and Resources from U.C. Berkeley and a Ph.D. in Environmental and Energy Systems Studies from Lund University in Sweden.
Evan Mills
Awards
May 2013
Home Energy Scoring Tool and Web Services Team: Evan Mills, Norman Bourassa, Leo Rainer and Gregory Homan
July 2010
Home Energy Saver Team, led by Evan Mills and Rich Brown, and Microsoft Corp.
October 2007
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore
March 2006
December 2005
Evan Mills
Journal and Editorial Board Memberships
Energy Efficiency, Editorial Board
Light and Engineering, Foreign Editorial Advisory Board
Publications
2010
. Use Patterns of LED Flashlights in Kenya and a One-Year Cost Analysis of Flashlight Ownership. 2010. 
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. "A Global Review of Insurance Industry Responses to Climate Change." The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice 34.3 (2009) 323-359.
. "Building Commissioning: A Golden Opportunity for Reducing Energy Costs and Greenhouse-gas Emissions." Energy Efficiency (2009). LBNL-3645E. PDF (4.45 MB)
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PDF (4.45 MB) . Monitoring Based Commissioning: Benchmarking Analysis of 24 UC/CSU/IOU Projects. 2009. LBNL-1972E. PDF (1.17 MB)
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PDF (1.17 MB) . Quality and Performance of LED Flashlights in Kenya: Common End User Preferences and Complaints. 2009. PDF (2.65 MB)
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PDF (2.65 MB) . "Sustainable Scientists." Environmental Science and Technology (2009).
2008
. "Action-Oriented Benchmarking: Concepts and Tools." Energy Engineering (2008). LBNL-358E. PDF (391.23 KB)
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PDF (391.23 KB) . "Action-Oriented Benchmarking: Using the CEUS Database to Benchmarking Commercial Buildings in California." Energy Engineering (2008). LBNL-502E. PDF (137.31 KB)
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. Green the Capitol Initiative, Final Report. Washington DC: Chief Administrative Officer of the U.S. House of Representatives, 2007. LBNL-2605. PDF (2.5 MB)
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. Energy Use and Savings Potential for Laboratory Fume Hoods. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2006. 55400. PDF (502.03 KB)
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. Documentation of Calculation Methodology, Input Data, and Infrastructure for the Home Energy Saver Web Site. Berkeley: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2005. LBNL-51938. PDF (4.58 MB)
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. "Developing a next generation community college curriculum for energy efficiency high performance building operators." 2004 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. Washington DC, 2004. LBNL-56003. PDF (1.02 MB)
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. High-Performance Laboratories and Cleanrooms. 2002. LBNL-50599. PDF (959.46 KB)
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. Scoping Study on Trends in the Economic Value of Electricity Reliability to the U.S. Economy. 2001. LBNL-47911. PDF (581.55 KB)
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PDF (581.55 KB) . High-Tech Buildings - Market Transformation Project. 2001. LBNL-49112. PDF (819.01 KB)
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PDF (819.01 KB) . The Berkeley Hood: Development and Commercialization of an Innovative High-Performance Laboratory Fume Hood. Progress Report and Research Status: 1995-2001. 2001. LBNL-48983. PDF (4.71 MB)
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PDF (4.71 MB)1997
. "New Energy Efficient Torchieres Ready for Hot Torchiere Market." Energy Efficiency in Household Appliances (1997). LBNL-41176. PDF (461.52 KB)
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PDF (461.52 KB) . "Energy efficiency Options for Insurance Loss Prevention." (1997). LBNL-40426. PDF (1.49 MB)
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PDF (1.49 MB)1996
. A Design Guide for Energy-Efficient Research Laboratories. 1996. PUB-777. PDF (15.51 MB)
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PDF (15.51 MB)1995
. An Assessment of the U.S. Residential Lighting Market. 1995. LBL-38406. PDF (2.34 MB)
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PDF (2.34 MB) . "The Next Generation of Programs for Accelerating Compact Fluorescent Technology in Residential Applications." Lighting Design + Application (1995). LBL-36835. PDF (32.99 KB)
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PDF (32.99 KB) . "The Role of Building Life-Cycle Information Systems in the Delivery of Energy Services." Proceedings. NIST/EPRI: ATP: Information and Telecommunications for the U.S. Utilities Industry Focused Program Development 1995: 01/1995. LBL- 36745.
1992
. Analysis of Federal Policy Options for Improving U.S. Lighting Energy Efficiency: Commercial and Residential Buildings. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1992. LBNL-31469. PDF (9.39 MB)
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. Cutting Energy Costs in Public Housing: Technical Issues, Institutional Barriers, and Research Needs. Berkeley, CA, 1986. LBNL-19683. PDF (1.81 MB)
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PDF (1.81 MB) . Financial Impacts of Energy Conservation Investment in Public Housing. Berkeley, CA, 1986. LBNL-21741. PDF (304.39 KB)
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