Train With Us

Your path into Building Automation starts here.

No prior experience required. Fourteen weeks of hands-on training. A pipeline into a partner employer. A clear path into Building Automation. Everything you need to start a career in the technology that runs modern buildings.

How It Works

Three stages, training to onboarding to full-time work - each built with the employers who'll hire you.

1. Foundational Training

You start at the fundamentals - electricity, HVAC, networking, and controls logic - over fourteen weeks built for people new to the field.

2. Employer Onboarding

You onboard with one of our hiring partners, shadowing senior technicians on real systems. They see how you work; you see if the work fits.

A Stacks+Joules graduate at full-time work.

3. Full-Time Employment

You step into a full-time role - BAS technician, controls installer, or junior programmer - on a team that already knows your training.

What you'll learn.

We start with fundamentals and build to job readiness: • Electricity, HVAC principles, and refrigeration cycle • Python coding and lighting controls (LCA certification) • EPA 608 certification • Low-voltage wiring and Niagara Workbench • Safety protocols, documentation, and professional communication You'll get hands-on with the real hardware - controllers, sensors, dampers, and building management systems - diagnosing faults on running equipment, not simulations.

Trainees working with lighting controls.

Careers You'll Qualify For

You graduate qualified for entry-level BAS roles. From there, the ladder goes up to technician → commissioning → engineering → energy management.

BAS Technician

Install, maintain, and troubleshoot building control systems.

Controls Installer

Execute field installation and wiring of control devices.

Junior Programmer

Support system programming and commissioning work.

Is a career in building automation right for you?

New to BAS? These guides explain what the work actually is, what it pays, and how to break in — no experience required.

What is building automation?

A Stacks+Joules mentor and trainee in discussion.

A clear breakdown of what a building automation system is, what the jobs look like, and how to learn it from zero.

No experience? No problem.

Hands-on work on a refrigeration unit during training.

What it really takes to land your first BAS job — and why structured preparation beats prior experience.

Salary & training path

A Stacks+Joules graduating cohort celebrating together.

What controls technicians earn and the step-by-step path from trainee to in-demand professional.

Getting into BAS in NYC

Trainees inspecting building equipment with an infrared thermometer.

The local roadmap: the training, certifications, and employers hiring building automation talent right now.

A trainee working on a building automation panel.

From trainee to trainer.

Ahmed walked in with no building automation experience. TEC Systems hired him three months after graduation. Three years later, he was a Senior Commissioning Technician. Now he trains the next cohort coming through TEC. Advancement isn't a single ladder. Technicians specialize in commissioning, move into engineering, or focus on energy management and analytics. Each path builds on the foundation you got at Stacks+Joules.

Ready to apply?

Fourteen weeks. Real systems. A real career.

Three cohorts a year. 25 students per class. Get in touch and we'll walk you through eligibility, what to expect, and the next start date.

Train With Us

Your path into Building Automation starts here.

What you'll learn.

From trainee to trainer.

Fourteen weeks. Real systems. A real career.

New York