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Stacks+Joules Trains Tomorrow’s Building Automation Workforce

Stacks+Joules is a career training program for urban youth that aims to create a strong new labor force of technicians and engineers needed to implement tomorrow’s building automation.

A collaborative project with BELLEDS Technologies based at MIT, Stacks+Joules engages students in hands-on training, teaching the basics of building controls, application program interfaces (APIs), and how to develop their own APIs. Lighting is at the forefront of the education.

I’ve been told Stacks+Joules references LightNOW and Lighting Controls Association courses in their classes, and I’m happy to give all the students a shout-out. Keep up the good work!

EnergyCollective did a nice write-up on the nonprofit organization, which you can read here to learn more.

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Craig DiLouie
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IES26: The Lighting Conference
CEDIA Expo / Commercial Integrator Expo
ArchLIGHT Summit
ALA Conference 2026
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