Author: Kaisa Tahlfeld/Äripäev (08.11.2009)

The aim of the experiment is to find, with the families, answers to the following questions: is saving comfortable, where can one save, is information about saving easy to find, and is it at all possible without giving up the everyday comforts?

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Author: Heidit Kaio/Eesti Ekspress (10.01.2010)

Journalist Heidit Kaio measured her family's energy consumption for three months and tried to find ways to save energy. With no great effect. The result was depressing – we almost did not manage to save any electricity at all.

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Author: Heidit Kaio and Priit "Wend" Kuusk/Eesti Ekspress (10.11.2009)

The most complicated part in saving is the fact that everyone involved must truly understand why they need to save energy. There is no point in struggling alone if someone in the family sabotages the attempt: leaves the TV constantly on a stand-by regime or does not turn off the lights when leaving home.

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Author: Heidit Kaio and Priit "Wend" Kuusk/Eesti Ekspress (03.11.2009)

The people in Tartu have drafted a mid-term report. They drew a diagram of their costs: how the boiler works after washing, how the compact fluorescent lamps work, how the heat pumps work. They have managed to use less electricity.

We, Tallinners, also struggle with the same aim. The boiler-man washed the machine on Thursday. I would say that he managed to get 4–5 kilograms of lime and mud out of our 200-litre boiler. The plumber said that it was not that bad. He concluded based on that amount that the lime crust on the heating element had not hardened. We have had our boiler for six years.

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Author: Heidit Kaio and Priit "Wend" Kuusk/Eesti Ekspress (20.09.2009)

We search for solutions on how to save on electricity. I feel that we are dashing here and there. We make plans. As the information is controversial, we can give up an idea and then take it up again for testing and all this in the matter of 24 hours.

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Author: Heidit Kaio and Priit "Wend" Kuusk/Eesti Ekspress (14.10.2009)

We are no experts – we are an ordinary family that wants to know how to save electricity. We will take part in an experiment in which we attempt to reduce our electricity costs. We will describe our search for energy efficiency in the course of one month in our web log and we will write overviews for the homepage of the weekly newspaper Eesti Ekspress. It would be especially cool if someone surfing the Internet would find something he/she could use. Or gave us some advice. Perhaps it is not too much to hope for?

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Author: Anu Välba/Ringvaade/ERR (09.11.2009)

Heidit Kaio, the journalist from the weekly Eesti Ekspress newspaper will tell the viewers about her experiences when she attempted to live two whole months trying to save energy. The energy-saving experiment was launched by the Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Estonia in cooperation with the Energy Discovery Centre.

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Author: Mirjam Matiisen/Osoon/ERR (18.01.2010)

The experiment on the efficient use of electricity organised with the support of the Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Estonia ended in December 2009. We will visit one of the families that took part in the experiment and will study how their consumption habits changed in 9 weeks and how much they gained financially.

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