Balder: Högskolan i Borås

The property is owned and managed by Akademiska Hus. With the house guide, we want to inform about our responsibility in the property. If you have any questions, you are always welcome to call us during office hours on 010-557 24 00. Please visit our website at:

www.akademiskahus.se , where you can take part in our organization and the house's history. More information about Borås University can be found on the university's website here .

Door, lock and passage system
Access cards and keys are issued by Campus Service on the ground floor of Balder. In the event of a door or function error, contact campus service.

Visitor addresses
Main entrance: Allégatan 1

For car parking see Parkeringboras.se .

Bicycle parking is available along the houses.

Bus connections are within walking distance of the campus. More information is available on Västtrafik's website .

Main entrances, adapted for people in wheelchairs
In front of the main entrances, the surface is hardened and the slope is adapted for people with reduced mobility.
In addition to revolving doors, there are doors equipped with automatic door openers.
Parking spaces intended for the disabled can be found within 25 meters of the main entrance.

Elevator
Passenger lifts are available in the building. All floors can be reached via the lifts
wheelchair. Free passage through the entrance is at least 84 cm. The lift has:
• A measure that can handle wheelchairs.
• Automatic telescopic sliding doors
• Bright and clear lighting
• Alarm button and emergency phone
• Tutor and mirror

RWC
There is access to RWC in the building. The toilet has:
• Free passage size greater than 84 cm
• Reference sign on door
• Pull handle on the inside of the door
• Working alarm
• Folding armrests at the toilet seat
• Bright and clear lighting

Fire protection
Buttons for the fire alarm are located on each floor and are used in the event of a fire being detected.
Images of evacuation plans are available on all floors.
An automatic fire and evacuation alarm is installed in the building (signal from bell
sounds and strobe lights on the outside of the building come on).
The alarm is connected directly to Gothenburg's emergency services.

SCARED - WARN - ALARM - EXTINGUISH
• save yourself and others around you, but don't take too many risks yourself
• warn others who may be in danger
• alert the Emergency Services by calling 112
• put out the fire if possible

Evacuation
If the fire alarm goes off, evacuate the house according to evacuation signs. Fire doors close automatically
to prevent smoke from spreading.

The elevators that are available must not be used in the event of a fire alarm.
Gathering place for Balder is at the lying old man in front of the Sandgärdet, located in front of the Main Entrance.

Emergency alarm from elevators and RWC
In elevators, there is an alarm button that goes to the alarm center, even outside normal working hours. The elevators are equipped with emergency telephones that have voice communication capabilities 24 hours a day. Pressing the alarm button sounds a signal outside the elevator in the building.
RWC is equipped with alarms that are connected locally to the University of Gothenburg. Check with your campus for more information.

The indoor climate is controlled automatically via the building's technical system. In the form of ventilation and radiator systems.

Ventilation
The ventilation normally runs during the day. In all rooms, the air flow increases/decreases via temperature
and air quality. In some cases, it is controlled with regard to presence in the room, so it can take a while before the climate is good in the room after being empty for a long time.

Heat
The house has a water-borne heating system with radiators and can be regulated via a thermostat on the radiator.

Lighting
In order to save energy, the building's lighting system is predominantly performed presence-controlled.
This causes the lighting to switch on and off automatically.

Fluorescent lamps are generally made with high-frequency devices (HF devices) that provide flicker-free
lighting. Some fixtures in escape routes are connected to uninterruptible power such as led/emergency lighting and
turns on automatically in the event of a power failure.

Exterior lighting
Lighting in entrances, windbreaks and exterior lighting is switched on and off automatically via a central system
installed light relay in combination with time function.

Classrooms
Classrooms strive to have an active ignition by pressing a button. Switching off may also require a button press, but if the lamp does not switch off, it is set to switch off when there is no one in the room.

The switch-off takes place on absence, in some cases switch-off is required on the button with.

AV system
For questions regarding the Audio/video system, contact campus service.

Classrooms / Auditoriums
Academic buildings are responsible for supplying heating and ventilation as well as lighting to all halls. This is in agreement with what was relevant during construction

For questions regarding :
• Hearing loop for the hearing impaired contact.
• Accessibility for the disabled.
• Sign interpreter option.

Contact campus services for information.

Since a new law in 2019 ( see for more info ) was introduced regarding smoking in public places and entrances, it is now forbidden to smoke 10m from entrances and 15m from fresh air intake.

This includes:
• Tobacco
• Herbal products
• E-cigs
• Hookah and the like

Check locally with your campus for more local regulations.

On the first floor there are environmental stations for plastic, paper, deposits and more.
Academic houses are responsible for trash cans in the external environment, and campus services are contacted for other waste management.