Space Inventory Listing Table

210 Class Laboratory, Dry (Regularly Scheduled)

A room used primarily for formally or regularly scheduled classes that require special purpose equipment or a specific space configuration for student participation, experimentation, observation, or practice in an academic discipline. A space is considered scheduled if the activities generate weekly student contact hours, the activities fulfill course requirements, and/or there is a formal convener present. Neither water nor a fume hood is present within the room

Class laboratories designed for or furnished with equipment to serve the needs of a particular discipline for group instruction in formally or regularly scheduled classes. This special equipment normally limits or precludes the space’s use by other disciplines. Included are spaces generally called teaching laboratories, instructional shops, computer laboratories, drafting rooms, band rooms, choral rooms, (group) music practice rooms, language laboratories, (group) studios, theater stage areas used primarily for instruction, instructional health laboratories, and similar specially designed or equipped rooms, if they are used primarily for group instruction in formally or regularly scheduled classes. Computer rooms used primarily to instruct students in the use of computers are classified as class laboratories if that instruction is conducted primarily in formally or regularly scheduled classes.

Does not include classrooms (110). Does not include informally scheduled or unscheduled laboratories (see open class laboratory, 220). Does not include spaces generally defined as research/non-class laboratories (250). Does not include gymnasia, pools, drill halls, laboratory schools, demonstration houses, and similar facilities that are included under special use facilities (code 500 series). Computer rooms in libraries or used primarily for study should be classified as study rooms (410)

212 Class Laboratory, Wet (Regularly Scheduled)

A room used primarily for formally or regularly scheduled classes that require special purpose equipment or a specific space configuration for student participation, experimentation, observation, or practice in an academic discipline. A space is considered scheduled if the activities generate weekly student contact hours, the activities fulfill course requirements, and/or there is a formal convener present. Water and/or one or more fume hoods is/are available within the room to serve the function of the room.

See the Includes description for 210, Class Laboratory, Dry. The primary distinction here is the presence of water and/or a fume hood within the room.

See the Limitations/Comments for 210, Class Laboratory, Dry.

215 Class Laboratory Service, Dry, Service

A room that directly serves one or more "dry" class laboratories as an extension of the activities.

Any space that directly serves a dry class laboratory. Included are projection rooms, telecommunications control booths, coatrooms, preparation rooms, closets, material storage (including temporary hazardous materials storage), balance rooms, cold rooms, stockrooms, darkrooms, equipment issue rooms, etc., if they serve regularly scheduled, dry class laboratories.

Does not include service spaces that support a classroom (see 115), open class laboratory (see 225), or a research/non-class laboratory (see 255). Animal (570) and greenhouse (580) facilities are categorized separately

217 Class Laboratory, Wet, Service

A room that directly serves one or more "wet" class laboratories as an extension of the activities in those spaces.

Any space that directly serves a wet class laboratory. Includes projection rooms, telecommunications control booths, coatrooms, preparation rooms, closets, material storage (including temporary hazardous materials storage), balance rooms, cold rooms, stockrooms, darkrooms, equipment issue rooms, etc., if they serve regularly scheduled, wet class laboratories.

Does not include service spaces that support a classroom (see 115), open class laboratory (see 225), or a research/non-class laboratory (255). Animal (570) and greenhouse (580) facilities are categorized separately

220 Open Class Laboratory (Irregularly Scheduled)

A laboratory used primarily for group instruction in experimentation, observation, or practice in a field of study. The laboratory is informally scheduled, unscheduled, or open.

Laboratories designed for or furnished with equipment that serves the needs of a particular discipline or discipline group for group instruction, where (1) use of the space is not formally or regularly scheduled, or (2) access is limited to specific groups of students.

Included in this category are music practice rooms, language laboratories, and other special laboratories or learning laboratories (e.g., speech, hearing, law, psychology, and health related professions) if discipline restricted, individual laboratories, and computer laboratories involving specialized restrictive software or where access is limited to specific categories of students. For example, a computer laboratory with only engineering or CAD software, or a computer-based writing laboratory available only to English Composition students would be classified as an open laboratory because of the restricted usage of the space for a particular discipline or discipline group.

Laboratories with formally or regularly scheduled classes are classified as a class laboratory, dry (210) or class laboratory, wet (212). This category also does not include spaces defined as research/non-class laboratory (250). A space that contains equipment (e.g., computers), that does not restrict use to a specific discipline or discipline group and is typically used at a student’s convenience, should be classified as a study room (410). Instructional laboratories designed primarily for individual (vs. group) study or practice should be coded as individual study laboratories (230).

225 Open Class Laboratory, Service

A room directly serving one or more open class laboratories as an extension of the activities in those rooms.

Only those spaces that directly serve an open class laboratory. Included are projection rooms, telecommunications control booths, coatrooms, preparation rooms, closets, material storage (including temporary hazardous materials storage), balance rooms, cold rooms, stockrooms, darkrooms, equipment issue rooms, and similar facilities if they serve open class laboratories.

Does not include service spaces that support a classroom (see 115), class laboratory (see 215 or 217), or research/non-class laboratory (see 255). Animal (570) and greenhouse (580) facilities are categorized separately.

230 Individual Study Laboratory

A laboratory used primarily for individual student experimentation, observation, or practice in a particular field of study. The space is informally scheduled, unscheduled, or open.

Music practice rooms, individual study laboratories, sound booths used in language learning, and similar rooms that serve a particular field of study area and are intended for individual use.

Does not include individual study facilities that are intended for general purposes. Study areas not related to a specific area of study are classified as study facilities.

235 Individual Study Laboratory, Service

A room that directly serves one or more individual study laboratories as an extension of the activities in those rooms.

Equipment storage rooms, stockrooms, and similar rooms that serve an individual study laboratory (230).

Does not include rooms that serve class laboratories (210, 212), open class laboratories (220), or non-class laboratories (250). Rooms that provide housing for laboratory animals are classified as animal quarters. Greenhouses are separately coded.

250 Non-Class Laboratory (Research)

A room used for laboratory application, research, and/or training in research methodology requiring special purpose equipment for staff and/or student experimentation or observation.

Rooms generally referred to as research laboratories and research laboratory-offices

Does not include rooms generally referred to as teaching laboratories, such as class laboratories, special class laboratories or individual study laboratories.

255 Non-Class Laboratory Service (Research)

A room that directly services one or more non-class laboratories as an extension of the activities in those rooms.

Balance rooms, cold rooms, stockrooms, dark rooms, etc. that serve a non-class laboratory.

Does not include balance rooms, cold rooms, stockrooms, darkrooms, etc. that serve a class, special class, or individual study laboratory. Rooms that provide housing for laboratory animals are classified as animal quarters. Greenhouses are separately coded.

260 Department Special Service

Central facilities dedicated to unit or divisional service for supplying needed components of a particular nature, or for special equipment used by students or faculty in the pursuit of the answer to a problem.

Workshops, radiation rooms, special preparation rooms, x-ray rooms, temperature control rooms, repair rooms, equipment rooms, photographic laboratories, electronic laboratories, and specially designed rooms to accomplish the tasks

N/A

270 Incubator Laboratory

Rooms with temperature and humidity control for production of plant tissue cultures, hatching, and brooding.

Complete rooms constructed in the building infrastructure that have a controlled atmosphere.

Does not include rooms that have one or more pieces of equipment or chambers that are called incubators.

272 Walk-In Environmental Chambers

A room with controlled atmosphere and lighting generally used for plant growth.

Complete rooms constructed for controlled atmosphere, generally increasing light and humidity beyond what is found in the surrounding room environment.

Does not include pieces of equipment or chambers that are called environmental chambers and that are not rooms.

275 Environmental Chamber Service (Research)

Room that directly services one or more walk-in or reach-in environmental chambers

Any small circulation area immediately outside a walk-in environmental chamber that exists between public circulation and the walk-in itself; Any room that contains multiple walk-in or reach-in chambers, the room’s sole purpose should be to support the use of the chambers; Any room that is used to support the use of nearby chambers, for example, a room where plants are potted, prepped, measured, etc. or a room where insects are manipulated while normally residing in cages or containers in chambers.

560 Field Building

A barn or similar structure for animal shelter or the handling, storage, and/or protection of farm products, supplies, vehicles and tools; or for field purposes and experiments.

Barns, animal shelters, sheds, feed units, hay storage, and seed houses. Greenhouses related to farm operations are included in this category. Structures are typically of light frame construction with unfinished interiors, usually but not exclusively related to agricultural field operations, and are frequently located outside the central campus area. Includes storage space for farm vehicles and implements. Service areas that support field buildings are classified here. Also included are such facilities as meteorological field test stations.

Animal quarters directly supporting research or instructional laboratories should be coded animal quarters (570). Location of building is not sufficient justification for classification as a field service facility. Finished rooms such as endocrine research laboratories, dairy research laboratories, etc. should be classified as non-class laboratory (250). Does not include buildings that house nonagricultural or non-farm related vehicles.

570 Animal Quarters

A room that houses laboratory animals maintained by the institution for research and/or instruction purposes.

Rooms generally referred to as animal rooms, cage rooms, stalls, wards, and similar rooms that are used to house animals intended for use in class laboratories, non-class, special class, or individual study laboratories.

Does not include areas for treatment of veterinary patient animals (see health care facilities-800 series). Also not included are field buildings (560) sheltering animals that do not directly support instruction or research.

575 Animal Quarters Service

A room that directly serves an animal care facility as an extension of the activities in that facility.

Feed storage rooms, feed mixing rooms, cage-washing rooms, and similar facilities such as non-patient surgery, casting, or instrument rooms

Does not include areas that directly serve areas used for the treatment of patient animals. See health care facilities (800)

580 Greenhouse

A room, usually primarily composed of glass or other light transmitting material, for the cultivation and/or protection of plants.

Any facility serving the greenhouse function (e.g., warehouse facilities equipped with special lighting controls for the cultivation of plants).

Does not include greenhouses related to farm operations. Also not included are greenhouses not used for plant cultivation (e.g., a greenhouse used for central storage should be coded 730).

585 Greenhouse Service

A room that directly serves a greenhouse facility as an extension of the activities in that facility.

Equipment or materials storage areas and rooms generally referred to as head houses.

Does not include greenhouses related to farm operations, or storage areas that do not directly serve greenhouses.

840 Surgery

A room used for surgery.

Major and minor surgery rooms, delivery rooms, special-procedures operating rooms, and rooms used in conjunction with and as a direct extension of the activities of a surgery room, such as labor rooms, recovery rooms, monitoring/observation rooms, special support equipment rooms (e.g., anesthesia, heart, lung, x-ray, etc.), dictation booths, scrub-up areas, instrument cleanup and storage, gurney storage, sterile supplies storage.

N/A

850 Treatment

A room used for diagnostic and therapeutic treatment.

Rooms used for radiology, fluoroscopy, angiography, physical therapy, dialysis, cardiac catheterization, pulmonary function, vascular testing, EEG, ECG, EMG, combination doctor’s offices and examination/treatment rooms, and rooms that support treatment rooms as a direct extension of the activities of a facility, such as dressing rooms, film processing and viewing rooms, work preparation rooms, special equipment storage.

N/A

860 Service Laboratory

A room used to provide diagnostic support services to health care facilities.

Rooms generally referred to as pathology labs, pharmacy labs, autopsy labs, etc., such as hematology, chemistry tissue, bacteriology serology, blood bank, nasal metabolism, isotope rooms, and rooms that serve service laboratories as a direct extension of the activities of such a facility, such as rooms generally referred to as cadaver storage morgue, autoclave and centrifuge rooms, warm and cold rooms.

Does not include class laboratories, special class laboratories, or other facilities used primarily for organized instruction.