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A wall module for controlling a temperature in a building space includes a housing and a temperature sensor disposed within the housing. A touch screen display is mounted relative to the housing and a controller is configured to control what is displayed on the touch screen display and to accept inp

A wall module for controlling a temperature in a building space includes a housing and a temperature sensor disposed within the housing. A touch screen display is mounted relative to the housing and a controller is configured to control what is displayed on the touch screen display and to accept inputs received via the touch screen display. A communication port is operatively coupled to the controller for communicating with an HVAC controller that is remote from the wall module. The controller is configured to permit a user to alter a display arrangement of information displayed on the touch screen display, and to transmit the altered display arrangement to the HVAC controller such that the HVAC controller can subsequently provide the altered display arrangement back to the wall module and/or share the altered display arrangement with other wall modules.

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1. A wall module for controlling a temperature in a building space, the wall module comprising: a housing;a temperature sensor disposed within the housing;a touch screen display mounted relative to the housing;a controller configured to control what is displayed on the touch screen display and to ac

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A wall module for controlling a temperature in a building space, the wall module comprising: a housing;a temperature sensor disposed within the housing;a touch screen display mounted relative to the housing;a controller configured to control what is displayed on the touch screen display and to accept inputs received from a user via the touch screen display;a communication port operatively coupled to the controller for communicating with an HVAC controller that is remote from the wall module; andthe controller further configured to: provide a display arrangement of information on the touch screen;accept inputs from the user via the touch screen display altering the display arrangement of information on the touch screen display resulting in an altered display arrangement of information, wherein the altered display arrangement of information includes at least one HVAC control parameter that has been moved and/or resized relative to the display arrangement of information;update a display table including display attributes for the at least one HVAC control parameter that has been moved and/or resized, the display attributes including one or more of a display size attribute and a display position attribute;transmit the display table to the HVAC controller such that the HVAC controller can store the display table; andreceive the display table from the HVAC controller, the display table providing the wall module with the altered display arrangement of information for display on the touch screen display. 2. The wall module of claim 1, wherein the HVAC controller is configured to operate in accordance with a programmed schedule, and the wall module communicates a current local temperature to the HVAC controller. 3. The wall module of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to enable the user to alter the display arrangement of information displayed on the touch screen display by permitting the user to move a location of an HVAC control parameter on the touch screen display via a drag-n-drop gesture and/or to resize an HVAC control parameter on the touch screen display via a pinch gesture. 4. The wall module of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to enable the user to alter the display arrangement of information displayed on the touch screen display by permitting the user to add an HVAC control parameter on the touch screen display and/or to remove an HVAC control parameter from the touch screen display. 5. The wall module of claim 1, wherein the HVAC controller is configured to communicate the display table describing the altered display arrangement of information to a remote server via a network. 6. The wall module of claim 1, wherein the controller further comprises a memory for storing the display table describing the altered display arrangement of information. 7. The wall module of claim 6, wherein the memory retains one or more display tables that store display attributes relating to each of one or more HVAC control parameter that are to be displayable on the touch screen display, wherein the one or more display tables store at least part of the altered display arrangement of information. 8. The wall module of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to receive a display table describing an initial display arrangement of information from the HVAC controller upon initial power up of the wall module. 9. The wall module of claim 8, wherein the controller is configured to receive the display table describing the altered display arrangement of information from the HVAC controller upon power resumption and/or wall module replacement. 10. A wall module for controlling a feature of a building automation system, the wall module comprising: a housing;a touch screen display mounted relative to the housing;a controller configured to control what is displayed on the touch screen display and to accept inputs received from a user via the touch screen display;a communication port operatively coupled to the controller for communicating with a building automation controller that is remote from the wall module;the controller further configured to: display a display arrangement of information on the touch screen display;receive user inputs via the touch screen display that alter the display arrangement of information displayed on the touch screen display, wherein the altered display arrangement of information includes at least one building automation parameter that has been moved and/or resized relative to the display arrangement of information;update a display table including display attributes for the at least one building automation parameter that has been moved and/or resized relative to the display arrangement of information;transmit the display table describing the altered display arrangement of information to a remote building automation controller such that the building automation controller can store the display table describing the altered display arrangement of information; andreceive the display table describing the altered display arrangement of information from the building automation controller for display of the altered display arrangement on the touch screen display. 11. The wall module of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to enable the user to alter the display arrangement of information displayed on the touch screen display by permitting a user to move a location of a building automation parameter on the touch screen display via a drag-n-drop gesture and/or by permitting a user to resize a building automation parameter on the touch screen display via a pinch gesture. 12. The wall module of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to enable the user to alter the display arrangement of information displayed on the touch screen display by permitting the user to add a building automation parameter on the touch screen display and/or by permitting a user to remove a building automation parameter from the touch screen display. 13. The wall module of claim 10, wherein the building automation controller is configured to communicate the altered display arrangement of information to a remote server via a network. 14. The wall module of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to receive a display table describing an initial display arrangement of information from the building automation controller upon initial power up of the wall module. 15. The wall module of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to receive the display table describing the altered display arrangement of information from the building automation controller upon power resumption and/or wall module replacement. 16. The wall module of claim 10, wherein the display table describing the display arrangement of information displayed on the touch screen display includes attributes describing an arrangement of two or more building automation parameters on the touch screen display, wherein each building automation parameter has a location attribute that indicates a location of the building automation parameter on the touch screen display and/or a size attribute that indicates a size of the building automation parameter on the touch screen display. 17. The wall module of claim 16, wherein the controller is configured to permit the user to alter one or more of the location attribute and size attribute for one or more of the two or more building automation parameters via the touch screen display. 18. The wall module of claim 10, further comprising one or more of a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a carbon dioxide sensor, a carbon monoxide sensor, a volatile organic compound sensor, a light sensor, a movement sensor or a security sensor. 19. A method for operating a wall module of a building control system, the method comprising: displaying information on a touch screen display of the wall module according to a first display arrangement of information as described in a display table;receiving inputs from a user that indicate changes in how information is displayed in the first display arrangement of information by engaging with the touch screen display, the inputs altering the first display arrangement of information, resulting in a second display arrangement of information, wherein the second display arrangement of information includes at least one building control parameter that has been moved and/or resized relative to the first display arrangement of information;updating the display table to update display attributes in order to describe the second display arrangement of information;storing the display table describing the second display arrangement of information in a memory of the wall module; andtransmitting the display table describing the second display arrangement of information to a separate remote device that is located remote from the wall module. 20. The method of claim 19, further comprising: receiving the display table describing the second display arrangement of information from the separate remote device. 21. The method of claim 20, wherein the receiving step is performed upon power resumption of the wall module and/or upon wall module replacement. 22. A method for operating a building control system including a plurality of wall modules and a building controller remote from the plurality of wall modules, the method comprising: displaying information on a display of one of the plurality of wall modules according to a display table describing a first display arrangement of information;receiving inputs from a user that alters the first display arrangement of information, resulting in a second display arrangement of information, wherein the second display arrangement of information includes at least one building control parameter that has been moved and/or resized relative to the first display arrangement of information;updating the display table to describe the second display arrangement of information;transmitting the display table describing the second display arrangement of information from the one of the plurality of wall modules to the building controller; andtransmitting the display table describing the second display arrangement of information from the building controller to others of the plurality of wall modules. 23. The method of claim 22, wherein the one of the plurality of wall modules is configured to transmit the display table describing the first display arrangement of information to the building controller, which then transmits the display table describing the first display arrangement of information to others of the plurality of wall modules.