Training Overview

TESS routinely offers training courses either on site at a customer’s location or at TESS in Madison, Wisconsin. Training courses range in length and can be designed to concentrate on a customer’s specific interests, needs or plans for TRNSYS. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you might be interested in hosting such a session or if you are interested in finding out what other courses we might be giving in your geographical area.

We typically offer comprehensive TRNSYS training courses approximately 3-5 times per year in Madison, Wisconsin. The course covers both basic and advanced TRNSYS features and techniques and is intended to be of interest to both the novice and experienced TRNSYS user. Additional time can be made available for discussing some of the lesser known TRNSYS capabilities; namely CONTAM, an air flow modeling program written by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology. CONTAM and TRNSYS can be easily linked to perform powerful combined thermal / air flow simulations. Participants are encouraged to attend the entire three day course but are welcome to attend only a portion of it as well. Course tuition discounts are given for multiple days, and for multiple attendees from a single company Break snacks, breakfast and lunches are provided to all attendees. Local hotel discounts can also be arranged.

Laptop Computers

Attendees are encouraged but are not required to bring a laptop computer. Each participant will have access to a computer throughout the course for hands-on training. It is also not necessary that participants own TRNSYS as it will be installed on all course computers.

Teaching Staff

David Bradley – (MSME)

David spent 1997 to 2001 working as TRNSYS coordinator at the Solar Energy Lab, developing TRNSYS and coordinating the efforts of the other three TRNSYS developers. He joined TESS after spending the spring of 2001 working for the French TRNSYS developer in Nice and has taught TRNSYS courses more times than he cares to remember in both English and French.

Matt Duffy – (BSME)

Matt joined TESS in the winter of 2008 and began teaching TRNSYS courses later that year. He took over the TRNSYS coordination and development efforts from the Solar Energy Lab during the summer of 2008.  Software updating, support, development, testing, and validation him busy, but he is also able to extend his realm into many different building simulation and energy systems projects. Matt has traveled all over the world to teach TRNSYS and thorougly enjoys bringing the professionals to an advanced, comfortable level with the software.

Past Course Attendees

• Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (Madison, Wisconsin)
• ARUP (New York, New York)
• Atelier Ten (New York, New York)
• Baylor University (Waco, Texas)
• Buro Happold (New York, New York)
• California State University - Chico (Chico, California)
• Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• ConSol, Inc. (Stockton, California)
• Curtin University (Perth, Western Australia)
• Davis Energy Group (Davis, California)
• Dharma Living Systems / Living Designs Group (Taos, New Mexico)
• Earth Sensitive Solutions, LLC (Skaneateles, New York)
• Enerworks (Dorchester, Ontario)
• FAFCO (Chico, California)
• FPFII
• IBACOS (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• Johnson Controls (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• Keen Engineering (Vancouver, British Columbia)
• Korean Institute for Energy Research (KIER) (Seoul, South Korea)
• Mississippi State University (MSU) (Mississippi State, Mississippi)
• Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) (Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) (Washington, District of Columbia)
• North Carolina Agricultural and Technical (NCA&T ) State University (Greensboro, North Carolina)
• NED University of Engineering and Technology (Karachi, Pakistan)
• Natural Resources Canada (Hull, Ontario)
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) (Golden, Colorado)
• Oak Ridge National Labs (ORNL) (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
• Pacific Northwest National Labs (PNNL) (Richland, Washington)
• Public Works and Government Services Canada (PW&GSC) (Hull, Ontario)
• Research Products (Madison, Wisconsin)
• Roger Williams University (Providence, Rhode Island)
• Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin (RWDI) (Guelph, Ontario)
• Sandia National Labs (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
• Sultan Qaboos University (Muscat, Oman)
• Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York)
• University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
• University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin)
• Weather Analytics (Boston, Massachusetts)