Overview - Spaces
This article provides an overview of Spaces in GridPoint Intelligence.
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Spaces organize the HVAC zones at a site into groups that share the same comfort settings, schedules, and overrides. Anything you apply to a Space applies to every HVAC zone inside it, so you can manage related zones together instead of one at a time.
What a Space Is
A Space is a group of one or more HVAC zones at a site. Every HVAC zone belongs to exactly one Space, and the settings on a Space (comfort settings, schedules, and overrides) flow down to all of the zones in that Space.
- A Space can contain a single zone or several zones.
- When several zones share a Space, they share the same settings, so you manage them in one place.
- Each new HVAC zone is automatically placed in its own Space.
A zone in a Space cannot be controlled on its own. It inherits all of its comfort settings, schedule, and overrides from the Space it belongs to. To give a single zone its own settings, move it into its own Space (see Systems - GridPoint Intelligence - Managing Spaces).
Do I Need to Do Anything?
No. Every HVAC zone you already have has been placed in its own Space, carrying that zone’s current settings. Your sites continue to operate exactly as before. You only group zones together if and when you want several zones to share the same settings.
Viewing Your Spaces
You reach Spaces from within a site.
- Click the Sites button on the sidebar and select a site.
- Open the Spaces view for that site to see the list of Spaces and the zones in each one.
Managing Settings at the Space Level
Opening a Space’s settings lets you set the comfort settings, schedule, and overrides for every zone in that Space at once.
Note: Creating Spaces, grouping zones, and changing Space settings requires the Manager or Admin role. Analyst users can view Spaces but cannot change them.
- Comfort settings: the heating and cooling setpoints applied to the Space.
- Schedules: the weekly schedule applied to the Space, including any schedule exceptions.
- Overrides: a temporary setpoint change applied to the Space.
- Optimal Start and Stop: the early start and stop behavior for the Space.
For details on each of these, see the Settings Library, Schedule Update, and Temporary HVAC Setpoint Override articles.
Spaces on the Assets Page
On a site’s Assets page, thermostats are grouped under the Space they belong to, so you can see at a glance which zones share settings. Bulk actions on the Assets page operate on Spaces, letting you apply a change across several Spaces at once.
