Eptura Workplace Glossary

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Glossary of terms used by Eptura Workplace

Classification

Classifications (and subclassificaitons) and super categories are defined by Eptura.

Classification	Super Category	Prorated To	Description
Building Projections	Other Area	N/A	A general term used to describe all projections extending beyond the exterior wall of a building.
Excluded Area	Other Area	N/A	The portion of a floor within a building that is not suitable for occupancy by people or equipment.
Interior Parking	Other Area	N/A	The total or partially enclosed area that is within a building and that is normally used to circulate and station vehicles.
Interstitial Area	Other Area	N/A	The area of load-bearing surfaces located above or below occupied building floors that are not available for general occupancy often due to inadequate clear headroom, and contain building mechanical or electrical systems predominantly serving adjacent floors or to provide access to such systems.
Rentable Exclusions	Other Area	N/A	The areas included in the Boundary Area of a Building that is excluded from the Rentable Area such as Major Vertical Penetrations, Parking Area, Occupant Storage and Storage Circulation, and Unenclosed Building.
Restricted Headroom	Other Area	N/A	A portion of the tenant area with a height of 7 feet (2.13 meters) or less from the floor surface.
Base Building Circulation	Service Area	Building	The minimum path necessary for access to egress stairs, elevator lobbies, toilet rooms, refuge areas, building lobbies, and entrances, ignoring tenant/occupant space configuration on the floor.
Building Common	Service Area	Building	Fully-enclosed space within a building that benefits all occupants of that building but which does not accommodate tenant personnel, furniture, fixtures, or equipment. The usual example is the first-floor building entry lobby. May include additional spaces like the building engineer’s office, building HVAC areas, and loading docks.
Building Service	Service Area	Building	Portions of a building that provide services that enable occupants to work in that building. These areas may include but are not limited to main & auxiliary lobbies, building corridors, mechanical rooms, equipment rooms, building electrical rooms, fire control rooms, loading docks, building storage, building offices, etc.
Floor Common	Service Area	Floor	Fully-enclosed space on a floor that benefits all occupants of that floor but does not accommodate the tenant's personnel, furniture, fixtures, and equipment. The usual examples are toilets, janitor’s closets, electrical closets, and HVAC equipment rooms serving only the floor upon which they are located.
Floor Service	Service Area	Floor	A portion of a specific floor that provides services that enable occupants to work on that floor. Examples of floor service areas include the following areas that primarily service only the floor upon which they are located; restrooms, janitorial closets, electrical and telephone closets, mechanical rooms.
Inter Building Service Area	Service Area	Building	Portion of a building complex or campus that provides services that enables occupants to work in one or more buildings within the complex or campus. These areas may include but are not limited to loading docks, engineer's office or central mechanical rooms.
Inter Building Amenity Area	Usable Area	Building	Refers to a space or area within a building that serves two or more buildings within a Campus and is not used exclusively by any one occupant such as a gym or cafeteria.
Interior Encroachment	Service Area	Floor	Base building element that is located inside a building, not on an outer wall, and that prevents the use of the floor area for furniture, equipment, circulation, or other occupant function.
Perimeter Encroachment	Service Area	Floor	Base building element or restricted area that is located inside the dominant portion of a building on the outer wall and that prevents the use of the floor area for furniture, equipment, circulation or other occupant function
Primary Circulation	Service Area	Floor	The portion of a building that is a public corridor or lobby. It is further defined as space required for access by all occupants on a floor to stairs, elevators, restrooms, and building entrances or tenant space entry points on multi-tenant floors.
Tenant Area (Service)	Service Area	N/A	Any portion of a Building that provides Services or Circulation necessary for Occupants to work in the Building.
Amenity Area (Building)	Usable Area	Building	A portion of a building that adds convenience for all occupants of a building and that is not used exclusively by anyone occupant. Examples include building conference rooms, daycare centers, fitness centers, showers, or vending areas.
Amenity Area (Floor)	Usable Area	Floor	A portion of a building that adds convenience for the occupants of a floor or building and that is not used exclusively by anyone occupant.
Occupant Area	Usable Area	N/A	A portion of a building where an occupant normally houses personnel, equipment, fixtures, furniture, supplies, goods, or merchandise. The total aggregated area used by the occupant before the load factors are applied, consisting of Tenant Area and Tenant Ancillary Area.
Office Area	Usable Area	N/A	A portion of a building where an occupant normally houses personnel, equipment, fixtures, furniture, supplies, goods, or merchandise.
Restricted Area	Usable Area	N/A	An area to which access is limited to specific or authorized persons, and usually under specified conditions.
Secondary Circulation	Usable Area	Floor	The portion of a building or floor required for access to some subdivision of space that is not defined as primary circulation. Secondary circulation may or may not be surrounded by walls or furniture panels.
Storage Area	Usable Area	N/A	Space suitable only for the storage of materials and equipment and not for use by personnel, by virtue of inadequate lighting, finishes, environmental controls, power, access, egress, or ceiling height.
Tenant Ancillary Area	Usable Area	N/A	A specified portion of the Occupant Area located outside the physical boundaries of Tenant Area.
Tenant Area	Usable Area	N/A	A portion of the Occupant Area that is suitable for occupancy and is used exclusively by a tenant for their personnel, furniture, equipment, storage, support, and processes.
Tenant Area (Useable)	Usable Area	N/A	A portion of the Occupant Area that is suitable for occupancy and is for the Exclusive Use of the Occupant.
Building Core	Vertical Penetration	Building	The "guts" of a building, which normally includes building elevators, restrooms, smoke towers, fire stairs, mechanical shafts, janitorial, electrical, and phone closets.
Major Vertical Penetration	Vertical Penetration	Building	The area used for an opening in a floor of a building to accommodate vertical service area and vertical circulation area. Excluded from the rentable area.
Occupant Void Area	Vertical Penetration	Building	The non-permanent discretionary floor opening between two or more floors within the tenant area that is for the exclusive use of an occupant.
Vertical Penetration	Vertical Penetration	Building	A portion of a building that is specifically designed to facilitate the vertical movement of people in the building by means of stairs, elevators, and escalators.
Void Area	Vertical Penetration	Building	The absence of floor space spanning multiple stories within an enclosed building.