Building Hierarchy

• You can run multiple lcm applications on a single computer. Each application has its own folder
• In one application, you can have either a single-family house with one flat, or an apartment house with multiple flats
• The application works with hierarchical elements:
  • for example, a room temperature sensor belongs to a specific room and
  • a room belongs to a specific flat

Table of content

flat

• name for the flat
• appears e.g. on the charts and in the pulldown menus

size

• size of the flat in square meters
• this is used for specific consumption values, e.g. in the module Flat > Heating

occupants

• number of occupants per flat
• this is used for specific consumption values, e.g. in the module Flat > Hot Water
• recommendations for dealing with children:
  • The persons should be present at least on working days, i.e. at least in the evening
  • Children up to approx. 10 years are to be counted as approx. “½ person”
  • Teenagers from about 11 years on are to be counted as adults

rooms

• setting used in order to assign data points to rooms
• “Central” will always be available, even if no other rooms have been configured

Examples

single family house

• In case of a single-family house, the hierarchy level “flat” is superfluous
• Therefore the structure remains quite simple
• In the case of a single-family house, several rooms may be monitored

Apartment house

• In case of an apartment house, often not all rooms are monitored
• Normally, room temperature and humidity are measured in the corridor and, if necessary, CO2 in the bedroom
• Other sensors can usually be assigned to the “Central” level of the flat, which is always available (you do not have to configure it)