The pressure of Turenki Coeducational School has been restored

The Turenki coeducational school, which has suffered from indoor air problems, was pressurized at the end of the summer break to prevent potential impurities in the structures from transferring into the indoor air and instead allow them to be expelled outside with the pressurized air.

However, when school started, the users of the school felt that the indoor air had worsened, so the pressurization was stopped at their request.

– When a building is pressurized, the incoming air is adjusted to be larger than the outgoing air. Such ventilation adjustments can make the air “stagnant.” According to indoor air monitoring devices, in some rooms, carbon dioxide levels have been slightly higher after pressurization, but when looking at the average across all measuring points, there is no significant difference. Among other things, monitoring carbon dioxide levels ensures that air in the rooms is exchanged in suitable proportions relative to the number of users, says maintenance engineer Heidi Stenberg.

Although measurement data does not provide a direct reason why the air would have worsened after pressurization, this may have occurred.

The school is currently looking for additional temporary spaces where some of the teaching could be moved. The Turenki coeducational school is set to move to a new school center planned to be built next to Välkky. The project plan is currently on the municipal executive’s table.