A room used for reading and study. A laboratory used primarily for research which requires special purpose equipment. The presence of a desk that is incidental to the research does not require proration. Prorate out the desk area only if it serves as someone's office. A room wherein specialized equipment serving the needs of non-class labs is housed and used.
Examples are rooms for centrifuges and spectrometers.
The equipment is used in the room, itself. A room used to conduct experiments under controlled environmental conditions. A room used for cold storage or freezing food and other items used for research and food service. A centralized support facility which supplies laboratory animals, fish, etc., to the various academic disciplines. Typically includes, stalls, animals and cage rooms, and similar rooms used to house animals and fish.