SNEP® lighting at Haukkala Day Care Center

In the daycare center that opened in August 2024, there are many local products: both the luminaires and the doors of the building come from the factory in our own village. The Haukkala daycare center was named after the farm that was once located there. The daycare center has the capacity of more than 100 places for early childhood education.

Lighting supports safe and functional everyday life

The Haukkala day care center combines the activities of early childhood education and preschool education in the Siuro and Linnavuori regions under one roof.

The difference between the daycare center’s old fluorescent tube lighting and the new lighting is radical, says Marika Velling, Head of Early Childhood Education, with a laugh. Velling describes the new lighting as pleasant:

– The lighting is nice and soft. The rooms are evenly bright.

The SNEP® Aari luminaires have excellent light distribution properties. The luminaires are glare-free and energy-efficient. There are a lot of stylish “light squares” in the premises of the daycare center: in the hallways, in the playrooms, in the dining room, in the corridors, in the kitchen and in the break rooms. The lighting has time adjustment, as the Early Childhood Education Unit is open regularly from six o’clock in the morning to five o’clock in the evening, or on separate arrangements until six o’clock in the evening. In addition, lighting can be dimmed as needed, for example, in the sensory room.

Velling says she was surprised at the efficiency of the general lighting:

– I realized that even on dark mornings, the office ceiling light provides enough light for my workstation, and no separate lighting is needed on the desk.

Although there are still places available at the Haukkala daycare center, there is plenty of bustle with a group of five children. Investing in quality lighting is a safety element that supports the well-being and vitality of the children and staff.

Purso’s products support the city’s carbon-neutral targets

The selection of building materials and products for the Haukkala day care center has taken into account that the City of Nokia is aiming for carbon neutrality by 2030. The structure of the building is made of solid wood combined with Purso’s extremely energy-efficient exterior doors. SNEP® Aari products illuminate the interior. All Purso products are designed, developed and manufactured in Siuro, and the recycled aluminium comes from our own melting plant in Ikaalinen. From start to finish, emissions from domestic products are low. The environmental impact over the entire product life cycle is also minimized thanks to the durability of the products.

Purso provides also building systems – joyful door colors

There are also plenty of doors by Purso building systems in the day care center. Purso’s ultra-isolated exterior doors keep out any street and outdoor noises, while the P50 and P80 series doors prevent sound leakage between the different rooms.

Pekka Pietilä (Architect SAFA, Finnish Consulting Group) says that the choice of aluminium doors was obvious:

– Experience shows that aluminium doors are durable and maintenance-free.

The idea was to make the doors the color highlights of the inner yard of the building. Pietilä says that in the working group, the idea arose that each door could be of a different color.

– In this way, children can easily find their own group rooms, when they remember the color of the door.

You can find the pictures of the doors here.