Facilities Inventory: Walk-In Environmental Chambers
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Walk-In Environmental Chamber
Room Type Code 272 “Walk-In Environmental Chamber” is a specialized laboratory room type. These chambers may control temperature, humidity, lighting, or any combination of these conditions.
Any walk-in temperature-controlled room – a refrigerator or a freezer - used to support a non-laboratory space should be coded with the appropriate service room type to match the room type it supports. The most common room type for walk-in scale refrigerators and freezers will be 635, Food Facility Service, though other service room types are possible.
Reach-in refrigerators and freezers are equipment, and not coded as rooms.
Room Types for Services
| 115, Classroom Service | 625, Exhibition Service |
| 315, Office Service | 635, Food Facility Service |
| 355, Office, Conference Room Service | 645, Day Care Service |
| 455, Study Service | 655, Lounge Service |
| 515, Amory Service | 665, Merchandising Service |
| 525, Athletic-Physical Education Service | 675, Recreation Service |
| 545, Clinic (Non-Medical) Service | 685, Meeting Room Service |
| 555, Demonstration Facility, Service | 715, Data Processing-Computer Service |
| 575, Animal Quarters Service | 725, Shop Service |
| 585, Greenhouse Service[1] | 895, Health Care Service |
| 615, Assembly Service |
NOTE: If you would like to be able to track or search for all of your coolers and freezers in the facilities inventory, add “Walk-In Cooler” or “Walk-In Freezer” to the Brief Room Information field.
[1] A walk-in refrigerator or freezer would be coded as greenhouse service if it supports greenhouse operations (e.g., cold storage of media or other supplies). Most temperature-controlled units associated with greenhouses, when used for plants, insects or other organisms, will be coded as 272, Walk-In Environmental Chamber.