What is the difference between a room type and room functions?
Room type describes the primary use of a room (e.g., classroom, computation dry lab, faculty office)
What room type should I use for waiting room for research subjects?
Room type 255, Research Laboratory Service.
What is the room type for an employee paid primarily by start-up funds or department research?
If the employee is paid primarily by start-up funds or department research, the room type should be administrative (e.g., 312, 316).
But if they are paid by NIH or grant sponsored, the room type should be assigned as research (e.g., 261).
Do Unpaid Volunteers need to be added as occupants in research rooms in Space Manager?
No, as Space Manager only allows UW employees to be added as occupants.
However, unpaid volunteers will need to be added in WebSpace for the survey functionalization so identifying them during the inventory process will be helpful.
What room type code do I assign to the Department Chair’s office?
If <50% of their time is spent in the office on sponsored research, the room type should be coded as 312.
Typically, the amount of time spent on administrative activity by the chair would make it a 312 unless they have separate office space where their research activities take place away from their leadership responsibilities.
What is the room type for employees funded more than 50% gifts and endowments?
The room type should be coded as 300s if funded more than 50% from gifts and endowments.
How do we assign remote employees as research occupants?
Fully remote employees (100%) should be excluded from the survey and not listed as occupants in any space.
Hybrid remote employees (<100%) should be assigned as occupant even if they are only in a day a week and treated as if they are on site.
255 Research Service Labs - How do I handle occupants and allocations for this room type?
For all 255 rooms (research service labs):
- There is no need to add PI or occupants
- If there are old occupants in the space already, there is no need to delete them
- As well, it does not matter what % the PI% in Space Manager
For the base year, getting the rooms identified correctly as 255 is the main goal.
What is Shared Space?
Shared Space is defined in one of two ways:
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Research lab shared by multiple PIs/multiple departments (room types 250, 260, 261, 262, 264) . Occupants need to be assigned
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Service rooms with shared equipment/instrument/cold/freezer/microscope (room type 255). Occupants do not need to be assigned