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AYY is involved in the state administration's joint Astetta alemmas (Down a degree) campaign, which provides concrete energy tips for living, working, and moving around.
Heating and the use of hot water and electricity weighs the most on the energy bill. When the consumption of heat and electricity decreases, the climate load goes down as well as the probability of power outages.

Decisions will be made in late autumn and early next year. This news will be updated with the people elected to positions of trust and volunteers for 2023 when the decisions are confirmed.

Aalto University Student Union’s Representative Council has authorised the Board to sign a pre-contract for the Otakaari plot with Aalto University. More than 700 new student apartments will be built in the area, respecting the environment.

Aalto University Student Union will increase security in Otaniemi, as there have been thefts in properties in the area. These cases have been reported to the police.

Aalto University Student Union nominates Sampo Sainio and Antti Regelin as candidates to the Board of the National Union of University Students in Finland. The SYL Board will be elected at the general assembly on 18–19 Nov 2022.

The Design Notebook has been popular and now it’s time to start the design contest for a brand-new notebook! Next January, a design notebook will be published again instead of the traditional academic year calendar of TOKYO and AYY. The notebook published at the beginning of the year can be used as a bullet journal like a calendar, as a traditional notebook or even as a diary. We hope that the notebook is useful to more and more members of the Aalto community.

AYY offers its members rental facilities free of charge or for a reasonable price. Choose suitable facilities for sports, crafting, cooking and get-togethers!

Price of student meals will be increased from the beginning of October. In this release, we will tell you about what is happening, how much is left for the student to pay, why the price is going up and how AYY feels about this.

The National Union of University Students in Finland SYL represents university students in national decision-making. The plan of work and policy paper guiding SYL’s advocacy work will be approved at the General Assembly, where the Board of the Union will also be elected. The 2022 General Assembly will be held on 18ꟷ19 Nov 2022at Korpilampi.

AYY has decided to sell some of its residential properties in Helsinki – more student housing zoned for Otaniemi.

At its extraordinary meeting on 20 June, the Aalto University Academic Affairs Committee rejected the proposal to use pathway studies with tuition fees as an admission pathway to Aalto.

Student of Architecture Suvi Vendelin is the first student to join the Board Nomination Committee of Aalto University as a student member. She attended her first meeting in May 2021 and continues on the committee for another year.