Patent ID: 8584030

Claim:
A method for displaying information in relation to a Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system, the method including; obtaining data indicative of a plurality of HVAC components of an HVAC system; defining data indicative of a display object for rendering on a client display, the display object including a grid defined by a plurality of commonly-sized geometrically arranged indicator blocks, wherein each indicator block is associated with a respective unique HVAC component; binding each indicator block with a respective source of comfort level data for its associated HVAC component; and for each indicator block: (i) identifying comfort level data obtained from the source with which that block is bound, wherein the comfort level data includes a measured temperature value; (ii) comparing the obtained comfort level data with a predefined comfort setpoint for that block, wherein the comfort setpoint includes a predefined preferred temperature value; (iii) setting a display attribute for the block based on the relationship between the obtained comfort level data and the predefined comfort setpoint; and (iv) repeating steps (i) to (iii) thereby to, on an ongoing basis, modify the display attribute responsive to changes in the comfort level data.