Best practices for Leafy Energy integrations in Home Assistant and Homey

Guidelines for stable and understandable demo setups

Because Leafy Energy is a demo environment, you want Home Assistant and Homey integrations to be both reliable and easy to explain. These best practices help you get there.

Naming and structure

• Use consistent naming, for example sensor.leafyenergy_... and automation.leafyenergy_....
• Group automations or dashboards per theme: prices, EV charging, batteries.

Safety and fallback

• Add fallbacks, for example “switch everything off” when data has not been updated for X minutes.
• Never let critical devices (boiler, heat pump) depend solely on automation logic.

Demo friendliness

• Use sliders and input helpers so you can adjust thresholds and timers live.
• Build a single “Leafy Energy Demo Board” dashboard where everything comes together.

With these guidelines you get a Leafy Energy demo home that is not only impressive but also keeps working day after day.