Systems - GridPoint Intelligence - Managing Spaces
This article will guide you through managing Spaces in GridPoint Intelligence.
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What is a Space?
A Space is a group of one or more HVAC zones at a site that share the same comfort settings, schedules, and overrides. Every HVAC zone belongs to exactly one Space, and anything you apply to a Space applies to all of the zones in it. Grouping zones into a Space lets you manage them together instead of one at a time.
Note: “Every HVAC zone belongs to exactly one Space. Each new zone is automatically placed in its own Space, so you never have a zone that is outside of a Space.”
Note: “Managing Spaces (creating a Space, grouping zones, editing settings, renaming, and deleting) requires the Manager or Admin role. Analyst users can view Spaces but cannot modify them.”
Navigating to Spaces
- Open GridPoint Intelligence.
- Select your user and tenant at the top of the page from the dropdown menus.
- Click the Sites button on the sidebar and select the site you want to manage.
- Click the Spaces tab to open the Spaces view for that site.
Creating a Space
- From the Spaces view, click the Add Space button.
- On the Add Space form, enter a name for the Space and click Save.
- The new Space starts out empty. You add HVAC zones to it using the steps in the next section.
Grouping Zones into a Space
You group zones by moving them into a Space. Because every zone belongs to exactly one Space, moving a zone into a Space removes it from the Space it was in before.
- From the Spaces view, click a Space to expand it and show the HVAC zones it contains.
- Find the zone you want to move and click its three-dot icon (the ellipsis menu to the right of the zone name).
- Click Move To Space.
- In the Move to Space dialog, select the destination Space from the dropdown, then click Move.
- The zone now belongs to the destination Space and shares its comfort settings, schedule, and overrides.
Editing a Space’s Settings
- From the Spaces view, open Space Settings for the Space you want to change. You can reach it from the Space’s three-dot menu by clicking Settings.
- Set the comfort settings, schedule, and overrides for the Space. These apply to every zone in the Space.
- For comfort settings and schedules, see the Settings Library and Schedule Update articles.
- For schedule exceptions such as holidays, see the Schedule Exceptions article.
- To set early start and stop behavior, use the Optimal Start and Optimal Stop toggles. See the HVAC Optimal Start and Stop article.
- Save your changes.
Note: “A zone in a Space cannot be controlled independently. It inherits all of its comfort settings, schedule, and overrides from the Space it belongs to. To give a single zone different settings, move it into its own Space using Move To Space.”
Applying a Temporary Override Across a Space
- Open the site’s Assets page, where thermostats appear grouped under their Space.
- Place a temporary setpoint override on the Space. The override applies to every zone in the Space at once.
Note: “A temporary override runs for the duration you select, up to the maximum allowed by the Space’s Override Profile. The last override made is the one applied. For example, if an override is made in GridPoint Intelligence at noon and a setpoint is changed directly at the thermostat at 2pm the same day, the change made at the thermostat takes precedence and is applied across the Space.”
For the single-asset override workflow, see the Temporary HVAC Setpoint Override article.
Renaming or Deleting a Space
- From the Spaces view, click the Space’s three-dot icon (the ellipsis menu on the right of the Space row).
- To rename the Space, click Edit Space Name, enter a new name, and save.
- To delete the Space, click Delete Space.
Important: “You cannot delete a Space while it still contains HVAC zones. Delete Space stays unavailable until the Space is empty. Move the Space’s zones into another Space first, then delete the Space.”