Stacks+Joules is a nonprofit project-based learning program in computer programming and wireless network management. Their specialized curriculum engages young peoplesā creativity to supercharge their strengths as learners and get them on the fast-track to valuable technology skillsāregardless of prior experience or training.
According to the Department of Labor Statistics 32% of students who earn a high school diploma are not prepared for college or a career. Thatās a vast talent pool of over five million young Americansāincluding many individuals from low-income families, people of color and recent immigrants in urban areas.
Stacks+Joules believe these workersā brilliance and enthusiasm is an untapped resource in the race to find technological solutions to the complex social, economic and environmental problems of our time. Their program demonstrates that, with the right approach, every student has an important role to play in our shared future.
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Industry involvement is a key part of their platform. Stacks+Joules seeks to provide students with site visits relevant to the curriculum and immediate internship placement upon graduation. If you or your company is having a had time finding qualified candidates for open building controls specialists, we can help.
Lincoln Property Companyās Chris Lelle realized that burdened engineers canāt each manage 300,000 sq ft by diving deep into BAS dataāso he used FDD to simplify the troubleshooting his techs need to do.
For years, complaints about comfort at a Microsoft campus were attributed to BAS issues. Packet-level network data told a different story and exposed 118,000 hours of missed runtime.
Goldman Sachs detailed how it scaled a global smart building program across 94 sites by changing where cybersecurity decisions happenābefore devices ever reach the field.
Despite hefty efficiency and sustainability goals, Databank faces a recurring hurdle: customers fear that AI-driven or automated BMS sequences might compromise critical uptime.
Delta Air Lines and JLL made a deliberate call at LaGuardia Terminal C: stop relying on engineers to walk rooms multiple times a day just to confirm conditions were still acceptableāand replace those rounds with standardized, proactive alerting.
Five years ago, Clockworks Analytics made a bet: fault detection would only reach most commercial buildings if it could work without deep owner-side engineering teams.
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