The housing office is open on Monday the 26th of October from 9 am to 11 am due to training.

Energy Saving Week is held week 41. The theme of the week is to focus on saving energy and on your energy consumption habits.

At PSOAS the expenses of heating, electricity and water in 2014 were 37 % of all the management expenses of real estates. Saving energy is a part of sustainable and environmentally friendly way of living. Saving energy also saves your money.

We at PSOAS want to improve the energy efficient living without giving up the living quality. We have tried to reduce the energy consumption of real estates by changing, among others, water pieces of furniture, by using energy saving lamps and by making sure that the house saunas are not heated when not in use. In 2013, we arranged a water saving campaign for our tenants together with the tenant committees. The water consumption in 2014 at PSOAS was 91,3 l/a tenant/year. The water consumption has actually reduced since the year 2004 by 30,5%.

Take a look at energy saving tips below and start saving energy!

• Turn off the lights when you leave the room.
• Turn off the computer and other devices from the power switch, stand-by mode wastes electricity.
• Replace conventional bulbs with energy-saving bulbs.
• Do not run water unnecessarily
• Inform PSOAS of leaking taps and toilets.
• Use the laundry room and wash full machines.
• Open windows for ventilation only for short periods of time.
• Do not cover heating batteries.
• Sort waste and recycle and take returnable bottles back to the shop.
• Favour energy efficient equipment.

The cancellation opportunities available for October are offered to the fastest callers on Thursday the 24th of September at 8 am. There are shared flats, studios and family apartments still available. Fill in the housing application and call on Thursday tel. +358 8 317 3110.

PSOAS was established 20.9.1971 and is now 44 years old.

You can read more about PSOAS history here (only in Finnish).

Below a picture of a student home and cleaning instructions from 1970.

In August a CampusNet core switch broke and was fixed with a temporary solution. New hardware is now ready to be taken into use to replace the temporary solution made earlier. The replacement work will cause an outage in CampusNet connections in Linnanmaa, Virkakatu and Syynimaa areas. The maintenance break will begin at 8 am and end as soon as possible, by 4 pm the latest.

If you are experiencing CampusNet problems after the maintenance break, please report them on campusnet@nullpsoas.fi. Please remember to include your address in the mail to make it easier and faster to have the problem fixed.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the outage.

The PSOAS office is closed on Thursday the 17th of September due to personnel occasion.

Thousands of new students have started or will soon start their studies in Oulu and many of them have found their new home at PSOAS. We would like to welcome all of you to Oulu and to live at PSOAS!

In order to get a good start to living it is worthwhile to have a look at the ABC to PSOAS living given in the accommodation office when signing the tenancy agreement. More information is available in the Resident’s guide in our website. Also accommodation office and property supervisors will offer their help when necessary. Our contact information can be found here.

We wish you all a great school year!