Pam Cole
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
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Biography
Prior to joining PNNL in 2000, Pam Cole was an energy specialist with the City of Richland, Washington. Her main focus is the task lead for the Building Energy Codes Program (BECP) User Support. She provides technical assistance for energy code compliance software and national energy code-related questions. Pam manages a large database that tracks all technical assistance requests, training, product requests, software feedback and state technical assistance requests. She is the lead for the BECP Stakeholder Conferences task and participates in key building-related conferences representing BECP's outreach efforts (e.g., hands-on training, state code issues). Pam also manages the BECP Setting the Standard Newsletter published three times yearly providing the latest information on code issues to over 90,000 readers. In addition to all of these activities, Pam is a lead trainer for BECP.
Research Interests
- Building Energy Codes Technical Advisor on National Energy Codes
- Building Energy Codes Trainer
- Stand up Training
- Training Presentation Development
- Large Database Management
Education and Credentials
- A.A., Applied Science, Columbia Basin College
Selected Publications
2009
- Cole PC. 2009. "Inspecting to the Commercial Energy Code Provisions." IAEI News 81(2):24-31.
2008
- Cole PC. 2008. "National Energy Codes and Standards What they mean to the electrical inspector now and in the future." IAEI News 80(4):12-19.
2006
- Cole PC, and ZT Taylor. 2006. "Energy Conservation Code Decoded." Home Energy 25(3):14.
- Richman EE, and PC Cole. 2006. "Guiding the Light." EC&M 105(5):50-59.