Overview: Place Types

Place Types are used to classify places as a Building, Site, Organization, etc.

Place Types help with developing the hierarchy of the Facility tree.  For example, the overall Organization can be the topmost Place node.  The next level down can be the different Sites that make up the Organization.  Within each Site, the Buildings that make up the Site may appear.

Place Types are available as a filter for many reports, so that places with the selected Place Type can be included in, or excluded from, the reports.

The following are default Place Types:

• Building: For large organizations, buildings are the lowest place level where energy is tracked.  They are the physical structures that the meter(s) measuring the energy commodity consumed are attached to. Buildings are represented by the following icon on the Facility tree:
  
• Organization: An organization can either be your entire company, or it can be the Sites or Buildings managed by a department within your company.  An organization may have sub-organizations, Sites, Buildings, Floors, and Rooms below it.  Organizations are represented by the following icon on the Facility tree:
  
• Other: An unknown Place Type that can be used until the actual Place Type is determined.  Others are represented by the following icon on the Facility tree:
  

• Floor: A portion of a Building that may be metered to determine Tenant or Departmental energy consumption within the building.  Floors are represented by the following icon on the Facility tree:
  

• Room: A portion of a Floor that may be metered to determine Tenant or Departmental energy consumption within the building.  Rooms are represented by the following icon on the Facility tree:
  
• Site: A site can either be your entire company, or it can be a collection of Buildings located in close proximity to one another.  A Site may have sub-sites, Organizations, Buildings, Floors, and Rooms below it.  Sites are represented by the following icon on the Facility tree:
  

Users can add additional custom Place Types to more closely match the structure of their organization.