Space use categories

All assignable space should be classified into 1 of the 10 major assignable use categories, and all nonassignable space should be classified into 1 of the 3 major nonassignable use categories listed

Classrooms

(100 series)

General purpose classrooms, lecture halls, recitation rooms, seminar

rooms, and other spaces used primarily for scheduled nonlaboratory

instruction.

Laboratory Facilities

(200 series)

Rooms or spaces characterized by special purpose equipment or a

specific configuration that ties instructional or research activities to a

particular discipline or a closely related group of disciplines.

Office Facilities

(300 series)

Offices and conference rooms specifically assigned to each of the

various academic, administrative, and service functions.

Study Facilities

(400 series)

Study rooms, stacks, open-stack reading rooms, and library processing

spaces.

Special Use Facilities

(500 series)

Military training rooms, athletic and physical education spaces, media

production rooms, clinics, demonstration areas, field buildings, animal

quarters, greenhouses, and other room categories that are sufficiently

specialized in their primary activity or function to merit a unique room

code.

General Use Facilities

(600 series)

Assembly rooms, exhibition space, food facilities, lounges,

merchandising facilities, recreational facilities, meeting rooms, child and

adult care rooms, and other facilities that are characterized by a broader

availability to faculty, students, staff, or the public than are special use

areas.

Support Facilities

(700 series)

Computing facilities, shops, central storage areas, vehicle storage areas,

and central service space that provide centralized support for the

activities of a campus.

Health Care Facilities

(800 series)

 Facilities used to provide patient care (human and animal).

Residential Facilities

(900 series)

 Housing facilities for students, faculty, staff, and visitors to the campus.

Unclassified Facilities

(000 series)

 Inactive or unfinished areas, or areas in the process of conversion.

Circulation Area

(WWW series

Nonassignable spaces required for physical access to floors or

subdivisions of space within the building, whether directly bounded by

partitions or not.

Building Service Area

(XXX series)

Nonassignable spaces used to support its cleaning and public hygiene

functions.

Mechanical Area

(YYY series)

Nonassignable spaces of a building designed to house mechanical

equipment and utility services, and shaft areas.