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Evan Mills, Ph.D.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Energy Analysis Department
MS 90-4000
Berkeley, California 94720
USA

Education

Ph.D. in Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, University of Lund, Institute of Technology, Faculty of Physics, Lund, Sweden. Degree conferred May 1991

M.Sc. in Energy and Resources, University of California, Berkeley, USA. Degree conferred May 1987

B.Sc. in Conservation and Resource Studies, University of California, College of Natural Resources, Berkeley, USA. Degree conferred May 1985 (with Honors)

Professional Appointments & Affiliations

U.S. Department of Energy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [USA] (1982-1988; 1992-present), Current Position: Staff Scientist, Environmental Energy Technologies Division (Management Positions Held: Head, Center for Building Science; Assistant Division Director; Communications Director)

U.C. Berkeley [2008-present] Research Affiliate, Energy & Resources Group

University of Lund, Department of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies [Sweden] (1988-1991), Visiting Research Scientist

Specialties

Broad expertise in the economic, environmental, and technical aspects of energy-efficient end-use buildings technologies, with special emphasis on: efficient lighting; energy in laboratory-type facilities; federal energy management; energy in low-income housing; utilization of the Internet for disseminating energy information and distributed computing; advanced data visualization; energy education; energy planning and policy; non-energy benefits of energy-efficient technologies and risk management. Climate change, with emphasis on financial services sector impacts, disaster preparedness/recovery, and mitigation-adaptation synergisms.

Selected Achievements

  • Member of the international body of scientists known as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which collectively shared in the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 with former U.S. Vice President Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change."
    • Served as Convening Lead Author for Chapter 8 (WGII) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Third Assessment Report, chapter on climate change and the financial services sector [PDF]; also contributed to Chapter 15 on North America (WGII) [PDF] and Chapter 3 on energy efficiency (WGIII) [PDF]. In the Fourth Assessment Report, contributed to Chapter 14 on North America (WGII) [PDF].
  • Co-author of Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, a definitive US government assessment published in 2009.
  • Member of core analysis team in the "Greening of the U.S. Capitol" project, developing plan to enable major Congressional facilities and operations to become carbon-neutral.
  • Quantified the global problem and potential solutions for global fuel-based lighting in developing countries (published in Science).
  • Authored seminal article on the insurance-loss-prevention attributes of energy-efficient and renewable energy technologies (published in Science)
  • Conducted definitive study on the costs and benefits of commissioning for new and existing buildings, which included assembling the world's largest database of commissioned buildings.
  • Led initial scoping study (1995) which opened up a large multi-year research effort on energy efficiency in laboratories and other "hi-tech" facilities. [PDF]
  • Pioneered the field of interactive energy analysis tools for the Internet, and created one of the earliest web sites on energy efficiency and the first web-based home energy calculator. Over 4 million visitors as of mid-2007. One-third of those surveyed say they've taken action to save energy based on their experience at the site.
  • Conceived and organized the 1st European Conference on Energy-Efficient Lighting, which has met every two years since 1991 (Stockholm, Arnhem, Newcastle, Copenhagen, Nice, Shanghai)
  • First to comprehensively document and evaluate energy-efficient European utility lighting programs (11 countries)
  • Assisted an expert group created by the Director General for Development and International Economic Cooperation of the U.N. with the preparation of a comprehensive report on renewable energy for the 1992 UNCED Earth Summit meeting
  • Authored a treatise on barriers to energy efficiency in public housing that played a key role in United States legislation
  • Served as advisor to the Swedish Parliament Working Group on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources
  • Served as technical and script advisor for design of the Energy Pavilion (entitled "The Universe of Energy") at Disney's Epcot Center, visited by nearly 10 million people annually
  • Co-founded the LBNL Applications Team, which deploys state-of-the-art energy efficiency strategies in real-world contexts
  • Authored "From the Lab to the Marketplace", a "best-selling" report making the case for energy-efficiency R&D
  • Authored approximately 200 publications, including 71 peer-reviewed journal articles or conference proceedings
  • Frequent Popular Media Coverage, including: The Boston Globe, Business Week, CBS Radio, CNN, Discover Magazine, Financial Times, Forbes, The Huffington Post, The International Herald Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, National Public Radio, The New Yorker, Popular Science, Scientific American, Slate, Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and Wired.

Major Clients

  • California Air Resources Board (CARB)
  • California Energy Commission (CEC)
  • California Institute for Energy & Environment (CIEE)
  • National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • U.S. Agency for International Development (AID)
  • U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
  • U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
  • U.S. Global Climate Change Research Program (GCRP)

Awards

  • Collectively shared in the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007, awarded to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former U.S. Vice President Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change."
  • Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), 2006 Energy Project of the Year (International)
  • Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), Bay Area Chapter: Appropriate Technology Champion of 2005
  • Home Energy Saver website (Project leader)
    • Energy 100: One of the best 100 innovations during DOE's 23-year history
    • PC Magazine: One of the Top 100 Undiscovered Websites
    • Yahoo!: Daily Pick
    • About.com: Pure Gold
    • Lycos: Homebuyers List
    • Self-Worth.com: Bright Spot on the Web
    • Medaille d'Or for Web Site Excellence
    • Spyder's Empire Golden Excellence Award
  • EETD Identity Brochure: Merit award from the Society for Technical Communications, Northern California chapter. "Technical Publications/Promotional Materials." (Project Leader) [PDF]

Publications

  • Authored or co-authored 209 publications (15 book chapters, 40 refereed journal articles, 23 refereed conference proceedings, 55 technical reports, 73 semi-technical and popular articles, and 5 major computer programs).

Professional Organizations & Activities

  • Editorial Board, Energy Efficiency (Springer) (2007 - )
  • Member, Global Roundtable on Climate Change (GROCC), Economics/Public Policy Working Group (Earth Institute, Columbia University (2005 -)
  • Member, Global Climate Change Task Force, Columbia University Business School, New York, USA (1996)
  • Member, International Commission on Illumination (CIE) Technical Committee 3-24 (Energy and Lighting), Geneva, Switzerland (1995 - )
  • Founding Chairman, International Association for Energy-Efficient Lighting (IAEEL); Associate Editor of the IAEEL Newsletter, Stockholm, Sweden (1991 - )
  • Founder and Executive Editor, Environmental Energy Technologies News (formerly Center for Building Science News), Berkeley, USA (1992 - 2000)
  • Member, Foreign Advisory Board, Light Engineering, also published in Russian as Svetotekhnika, Moscow, Russia (1995 - Present)
  • Expert Member, Project Group on Environmental Improvement through Urban Energy Management. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris, France (1991)
  • Member Technical Steering Team, National Affordable Housing Design Network, Butte, Montana, USA (1985 - 1987)
  • Member, Advisory Board, EcoHome Network, Los Angeles, USA (1995 - 1998)

Consulting & Advising

  • Armstrong/Energyn (US)
  • Barakat, Howard & Chamberlin, Inc. (US)
  • Better Energy Systems (UK)
  • CalPERS - California Public Employees' Retirement System
  • Capital-E (US)
  • Ceres (US)
  • Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency (US)
  • CMC Energy Services (US)
  • Disney Imagineering (US)
  • Electricity Corporation of New Zealand (New Zealand)
  • Energy Auditor and Retrofitter Magazine (now Home Energy) (US)
  • German Marshall Fund (US)
  • Harvard Medical School - Center for Health and the Global Environment (US)
  • Hewlett-Packard (US)
  • Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts (US)
  • Institute for Environmental Technologies (Netherlands)
  • Integrated Process Technologies (US)
  • International Association for Energy-Efficient Lighting (Sweden)
  • International Project for Sustainable Energy Paths (US)
  • Investment Research, Inc. (US)
  • Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development--Environment Directorate (Group on Urban Affairs) (France)
  • Peralta Community College District (US)
  • Regents of the Central European University (Hungary)
  • Rockefeller Familly Fund (US)
  • Swedish Parliament Working Group on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Sources (Sweden)
  • Teton Energy Partners (US)
  • United States Trade and Development Agency (US)
  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
  • World Bank / International Finance Corporation (US)

Teaching, Workshops & Guest-Lecturing

  • Haas School of Business Executive Education
  • University of California Berkeley [various lectures: Business, Public Policy, Energy & Resources] [USA, 2000-2007]
  • Stanford University: Business & Product Design [USA, 2003]
  • Central European University, Environmental Sciences & Policy [Hungary, 1999]
  • University of Bordeaux, Physics [France, 1990-1991]
  • University of Oslo, Summer Institute [Norway, 1991]
  • University of Lund, Environmental and Energy Systems Studies [Sweden, 1988-1991]
  • Chulalongkorn University, School of Business [Thailand, 1990]
  • University of California at Berkeley, Department of Architecture [USA, 1985]

Media

  • Dr. Mills has written for popular publications such as Forbes, The Washington Post, The International Herald Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, and Technology Review.
  • His work has been cited in The Boston Globe, Business Week, CBS News, Discover Magazine, The Economist, The Financial Times, Forbes, The Huffington Post, The International Herald Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, MSNBC, National Public Radio, Nature, Newsweek, The New Yorker, The Osgood Files, PC Magazine, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Scientific American, Slate, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired.