Facilities provide a location for instruction, lectures, forums, and workshops. Facilities house laboratories and scientific equipment necessary to conduct research and experimentation. Facilities offer spaces to conduct business and perform workday tasks. Facilities are where meetings are held and planning is accomplished. Facilities accommodate rehearsals and practice sessions as well as performances, recitals, and concerts.
Facilities afford food and lodging, recreation and entertainment.
Facilities generate first impressions. Facilities can offer a diversity or continuity of design, construction, and usage. Facilities are used to advance teaching and learning. Facilities accommodate the discovery of knowledge and the creation of new products. Facilities are instrumental in attracting new staff, faculty, researchers, and students.