Katherine Cort

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Richland, WA 99352
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Biography

Katie Cort has been at PNNL since 1998. Prior to joining PNNL, she worked for Seattle Public Utilities and also for the State of Washington. She also spent a year as a research associate with the Tropical Science Center of Costa Rica, working on issues related to watershed management.

Ms. Cort supports a variety of projects related to the assessment of energy-efficiency programs, technologies, and research. She provides technical support for the Department of Energy's Office of Building Technology, State and Community Programs (BTS) Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Metrics effort, which estimates building energy benefits and corresponding pollution emissions reductions on an annual basis. She also works in the Building Energy Codes program, analyzing the economic impact of code adoption on States.

Katie works on regional socio-economic impact reviews of nuclear plants as part of the Nuclear Regulatory Agency's license renewal process and has also recently worked on a study evaluating the environmental and economic impacts of various site restoration plans for Energy Northwest. She also has worked on projects in the intelligence arena regarding economic impacts of energy management and infrastructure.

Research Interests

Benefit/Cost Analysis
Energy Efficiency Economics
Socioeconomic Analysis

Education and Credentials

B.S., Economics, Southern Methodist University
M.A., Economics, University of Washington

Selected Publications

2009

Cort KA, DJ Hostick, JA Dirks, and DB Elliott. 2009. Analyzing the Life Cycle Energy Savings of DOE Supported Buildings Technologies. PNNL-18658, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

2008

Dirks JA, DM Anderson, DJ Hostick, DB Belzer, and KA Cort. 2008. Lost Opportunities in the Buildings Sector: Energy-Efficiency Analysis and Results . PNNL-17623, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Livingston OV, MJ Scott, DJ Hostick, JA Dirks, and KA Cort. 2008. Impact of the FY 2009 Building Technologies Program on United States Employment and Earned Income . PNNL-17598, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Scott MJ, JM Roop, RW Schultz, DM Anderson, and KA Cort. 2008. "The Impact of DOE Building Technology Energy Efficiency Programs on U.S. Employment, Income, and Investment." Energy Economics 30(5):2283-2301.

2007

Cort KA, DJ Hostick, DB Belzer, and OV Livingston. 2007. Modeling EERE Deployment Programs. PNNL-17089, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Scott MJ, JA Dirks, and KA Cort. 2007. "The Value of Energy Efficiency Programs for U.S. Residential and Commercial Buildings in a Warmer World." Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 13(4):307-339. doi:10.1007/s11027-007-9115-4

2005

Scott MJ, JA Dirks, and KA Cort. 2005. "The Adaptive Value of Energy Efficiency Programs in a Warmer World." In Reducing Uncertainty Through Evaluation: 2005 International Energy Program Evaluation Conference, pp. 671-682. International Energy Program Evaluation Conference, Madison, WI.
Scott MJ, JA Jaksch, and KA Cort. 2005. "A Ten Year Retrospective on Environmental Justice: What Have We Learned?" In Proceedings, Waste Management 2005, February 27 � March 3, 2005, Tucson, Arizona."Global Accomplishments in Environmental and Radioactive Waste Management: Cost-Effectiveness, Risk Reduction, and Technology Implementation" . Waste Management Symposia Inc., Tuscon, AZ.

2004

Cort KA, DB Belzer, DW Winiarski, and EE Richman. 2004. Analysis of Potential Benefits and Costs of Updating the Commercial Building Energy Code in North Dakota. PNNL-14637, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Belzer DB, and KA Cort. 2004. "Statistical Analysis of Historical State-Level Residential Energy Consumption Trends." In Proceedings, 2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 22-August 27, 2004 in Pacific Grove, California, vol. Panel 1, pp. 25-38. American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Washington, DC.
Elliott DB, DM Anderson, DB Belzer, KA Cort, JA Dirks, and DJ Hostick. 2004. Baseline Inputs for BEAMS: Data used in preparing Methodological Framework for Analysis of Building-Related Programs: The GPRA Metrics Effort, June 2004 . PNNL-14696, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Elliott DB, DM Anderson, DB Belzer, KA Cort, JA Dirks, and DJ Hostick. 2004. Methodological Framework for Analysis of Buildings-Related Programs: The GPRA Metrics Effort. PNNL-14697, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Hostick DJ, DM Anderson, DB Belzer, KA Cort, JP Dion, JA Dirks, and SC McDonald. 2004. "Scenario-Based R&D Portfolio Analysis: Informing the Tough Decisions." In 2004 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, pp. 4-148 - 4-162. American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Washington, DC.
Scott MJ, DM Anderson, DB Belzer, KA Cort, JA Dirks, DB Elliott, and DJ Hostick. 2004. Impact of the FY 2005 Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program on United States Employment and Earned Income. PNNL-14812, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Scott MJ, DM Anderson, DB Belzer, KA Cort, JA Dirks, DB Elliott, and DJ Hostick. 2004. Impact of the FY 2005 Building Technologies Program on United States Employment and Earned Income . PNNL-14813, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

2003

Anderson DM, DB Belzer, KA Cort, JA Dirks, DB Elliott, DJ Hostick, and MJ Scott. 2003. Methodological Framework for Analysis of GPRA Metrics: Application to FY04 Projects in BT and WIP. PNNL-14231, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Hostick DJ, KA Cort, DB Belzer, JA Dirks, DB Elliott, DM Anderson, and JP Dion. 2003. "Measurement and Baseline Issues Related to Evaluating a Diverse Portfolio of Federally-Supported Building Energy-Saving Programs." In 2003 International Energy Program Evaluation Conference Proceedings. Evaluation: Meeting Diverse Needs, August 20-22, 2003, Seattle, WA. IEPEC Committee, Madison, WI.
Scott MJ, DM Anderson, DB Belzer, KA Cort, JA Dirks, DB Elliott, and DJ Hostick. 2003. Impact of 2004 Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Buildings-Related Projects on United States Employment and Earned Income . PNNL-14209, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

2002

Cort KA, DB Belzer, EE Richman, and DW Winiarski. 2002. Analysis of Potential Benefits and Costs of Updating the Commercial Building Energy Code in Iowa. PNNL-14016, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Hostick DJ, DB Belzer, KA Cort, and JA Dirks. 2002. Documentation for FY2002 BTS GPRA Metrics. PNNL-13766, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Hostick DJ, DB Belzer, KA Cort, JA Dirks, and RH Pool. 2002. Documentation for FY2003 BTS GPRA Metrics. PNNL-13845, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.