Page | 2 2016-17 Inventory of Physical Facilities of Ontario Universities Table 25: LAURENTIAN: Institutional Space Requirements as Measured by COU Space Standards, 2016-17. [...] The COU space standards are a systematic, analytical approach to evaluate the use of existing physical space and to forecast future needs and requirements. [...] The university sector has approximately 70% of the informal study space and only half of the formal study space required by students, as generated by the standards. [...] Page | 10 2016-17 Inventory of Physical Facilities of Ontario Universities Table 1: SYSTEM SUMMARY – Actual Inventory of Space and Generated (Required) Space as Measured by COU Space Standards, 2016-17 Input Space Generated 2013-14 Measure Factor Space Inventory % I / G % I / G TEACHING/RESEARCH/ACADEMIC SUPPORT CLASSROOMS (1) 442,037.5 1.11 490,661.61 406,246.9 82.8 82.7 CLASS LABS (2). [...] Figure 8: Percentage of space by condition, 2015 60% 48.8% 50% 40% 36.2% 30% 20% 15.0% 10% 0% Excellent Fair Poor Table 4: Percentage distribution of building space by condition of building, by university, 2015 Percentage of Building Space In Excellent Percentage of Building Percentage of Building.