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Installation engineeringLlama for building services engineering
Meta's natively multimodal, open-weight Mixture-of-Experts family (Scout and Maverick), free to download and self-host.
Llama isn't on our list for building services engineering. Usable for general work, but first look at the options we recommend for building services engineering.
- GDPR profileOur summary of what the provider itself publishes about your data: EU hosting possible, no training on your data for business use, and self-hosting available. Caution applies to a model with a documented problem, such as an investigation by a regulator. How we measure
- GDPR: Caution
- QualityQuality from blind duels on LMArena: users choose between two anonymous answers. A difference of about 20 points is noticeable, a few points is noise. How we measure
- –Elo, independent
- Editorial scoreOur own assessment on 10 of suitability for professional work, price and privacy. This is a judgement, not a measurement; that is why it always sits alongside the Elo. How we measure
- 7,6
- Entry price
- Free
What Llama does in installation engineering
- Compile cost estimates and quotes automatically
- Fitter scheduling and route optimisation
- Supporting the emergency service with a technical knowledge base
- Processing work orders, reports and invoices digitally
- Open weights, fully self-hostable
- Fine-tunable on your own data
- Very large context window (Scout 10M)
- GPU-efficient (Mixture-of-Experts)
Llama has a concrete GDPR concern. The Llama 4 Acceptable Use Policy prohibits the multimodal models for businesses headquartered in the EU. Dutch companies may therefore not install the multimodal Llama 4 models themselves under the licence. Weigh this heavily before deploying it in installation engineering.
Confidentiality and GDPR
GDPR: CautionProject data and customer details (address, energy consumption, installation status) are personal data under the GDPR. Only use systems with a data processing agreement and EU hosting. Technical documentation from manufacturers may be protected by copyright; check the usage licence before loading it into an AI system. AI estimates are always a starting point, expert verification remains essential.
Self-hosting gives full data control within your own EU infrastructure, a strong GDPR argument.
Prices
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Copilot for installation technologyMicrosoft · editorial 8.31485We are not aware of a professional tool for installation engineering that runs publicly on Llama.
Questions about Llama for installation engineering
- Is Llama suitable for installation engineering?
- Not specifically. Llama isn't on our list for building services engineering; it's broadly usable, but first look at the options we recommend for building services engineering. Keep a professional in the loop for every use.
- May I put confidential data into Llama?
- Project data and customer details (address, energy use, installation status) are personal data under the GDPR. Only use systems with a data processing agreement and EU hosting. Manufacturers' technical documentation may be protected by copyright; check the usage licence before loading it into an AI system. AI calculations are always a starting point, so expert verification remains essential. Self-hosting gives you full data control within your own EU infrastructure, a strong GDPR argument.
- What does Llama cost?
- There is self-hosting (free), Meta AI ($0), Hosted API (third parties) (from ~$0.03 / 1M in). Check current prices on the official site.
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