Central plant
Boiler purge and flame proving, pump duty, valves, heat exchange and plant alarms.
Building automation training · BAS + BMS
Run the whole building, not another slide deck.
Program HVAC zones, central plant, access control and alarms in one browser lab. Then open the full 3D building-automation floor and trace every sensor, actuator, permissive and failure back to PLC logic.
One curriculum, connected systems
Practice the sequences a BMS has to coordinate.
The page deliberately combines building automation systems training and building management system training into one canonical learning path. Search wording changes; the underlying control work does not.
HVAC zones
Four editable VAV zones with analog position, airflow and temperature feedback.
Access and vertical transport
Garage doors, barriers, traffic lamps and elevator landing calls in one environment.
Controls network
PLC cabinet, HMI, remote I/O and industrial Ethernet props with generated tags.
Five working labs before you compose your own floor.
Each scenario has requirements, visible I/O and objective checks. Use those constrained exercises to learn the pattern; use the Sandbox to combine the systems.
01VAV damper modulationAnalog demand, deadband, occupied mode and safe-state behavior.02Boiler startup sequencePurge, ignition, flame proving, run permissives and trip handling.03Chiller lead-lag sequencingStage multiple machines and remove unavailable equipment from service.04Garage door controllerLimits, obstruction handling and mutually exclusive motor outputs.05Elevator controllerCalls, travel direction, landing state and door interlocks.
Concept guides
New to building controls? Read the concepts first.
Two plain-language guides explain the ideas behind the exercises. Neither needs an account.
Building automation in the 3D Sandbox
Start from a full plant-and-access floor. Change every component.
The new building-automation starter is assembled from reusable, PBR-textured components with typed I/O and code-native motion. It is a real editable scene, not a fixed background render.
151
reusable components
3
lazy-loadable packs
PLC
driven motion + faults
Public viewer is free. Guided 3D starts on Basic; composing and saving custom 3D scenes is Pro.
Live WebGL component viewer
151 real-time factory components
Load the interactive viewer when you are ready to orbit the models.
Loads 3D only after your click
Drag to orbit · scroll to zoom · choose any componentOpen full viewer ↗
The honest training boundary.
This is a control-logic and troubleshooting environment. It can make BAS sequences visible and repeatable, but it cannot certify a technician, commission a production BACnet network or replace supervised work on live equipment.
Best conversion path
Learn a sequence → prove it → combine systems.
Free visitors can inspect the public component library. Guided BAS exercises start in the training plans. Pro unlocks composing and saving the complete custom 3D floor.
Compare training plansQuestions
Building automation and BMS training questions
Building automation training teaches how controllers, sensors and actuators coordinate HVAC plant, occupied zones, alarms, access systems and other building services. This course-style simulator focuses on PLC control logic, sequences, interlocks, analog values and faults.
Competency and practice field guide
Building automation training: practice plan
Direct answer
The learner can trace an occupancy or environmental demand through mode logic, equipment sequence, proof, loop response, alarm and operator display.
Written for hVAC technicians, electricians and controls learners studying air handlers, pumps, boilers, chillers, zones, sensors, actuators, alarms and BAS supervision.
System map / 02
NODE 01observable
Scope
Building use, equipment, occupancy modes, setpoints, sensors, actuators, interlocks, safeties, alarms, trends and operator tasks.
NODE 02observable
Signal path
Zone or plant demand through BAS logic, equipment command, physical proof, environmental response and supervisory display.
NODE 03observable
Baseline practice
Occupied startup, stable operation, mode change and controlled shutdown of one representative system.
NODE 04observable
Edge cases
Freeze protection, smoke interface, lost airflow, failed valve or damper, sensor bias, utility loss and restart.
NODE 05observable
Fault practice
A mode, schedule, permissive, command, proof, loop, instrument, network or process-response fault.
NODE 06observable
Transfer to the job
The sequence compared with approved design documents and commissioned on the actual BAS and equipment.
Answer surface / 07
What should a building automation course teach first?
Begin with equipment purpose, mode and signal paths before programming: demand, permissives, command, proof, environmental response, alarm and safe shutdown.
Can I learn BAS without a physical building lab?
You can learn sequence reasoning, I/O, alarms, trends and diagnosis in simulation, but target controllers, networks, field devices and life-safety interfaces still need supervised practice.