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Case:Seppo School, Espoo

The staff and pupils of Seppo School, located in Northern-Tapiola Finland, had been
showing symptoms of poor indoor air quality for years. The school had undergone major
renovations and cleaning operations, but these were unable to fully clear the symptoms.

Jaana Koskinen, a teacher at the school, states that her asthmatic symptoms and
coughing started already in the early 90s and that these symptoms have become
worse over the years. Almost all the other elementary schools in the area have had to
move into temporary school premises and that, of course, is not an ideal situation for
anyone.” she adds.

Genano nanoscale air purifiers have been used at other locations by the city of Espoo
in the past with good results and some of these had also been placed at the Seppo
school some years ago. Genano air purifiers were first put in classrooms where
teachers showed the worst symptoms. The vice principle, Jouni-Jukka Annala’s
classroom was one of the first ones. “My first symptoms were itchy eyes and sneezing,”
says Annala.

When the health problems among teachers and students continued, it was understood
that it was not enough to only clean the air in individual rooms.

During the spring of 2017 all rooms in the Seppo school received an air purifier, based
on Genano’s recommendations The full range of Genano products was utilised in
classrooms of different sizes to ensure clean indoor air in the entire building.

The improved air quality produced by the nanoscale air
purifiers was quickly noticed around the school. “We’ve all
experienced a reduction in sick leaves after the air purifiers
arrived”, says school secretary Pirjo Myllys. She thinks
that the most important change has been the students’
improved ability to concentrate on work since the indoor
air has been cleaner.

“At the moment the indoor air quality is good. We are still worried that the situation
might change if the air purifiers are taken out of the school, says Saija Holopainen, the
principle of Seppo school.

The difference has also been noticed by Vice Principle Annala, who considers it
extremely important from the recruitment point of view. “Potential recruits often ask
about our indoor air quality, and now we can tell them that we have these purifiers
producing clean air, and the situation is good.”