Energy Saving Week 6.–12.10.2025

Control your energy!

We all have the chance to take control of our energy use. You can get started by learning about how your home and appliances use energy, understanding what consumes energy, and finding out how your habits can affect energy consumption. You can then schedule your energy use or use automation to control it according to the price of electricity. By making minor changes, we can all control our energy use more efficiently.

By following these four steps, you can take control of your energy! Check below to see what step you’re on!

STEP 1: Learn about your energy consumption

The first step in controlling your energy is to investigate your energy consumption. Monitoring your energy use can provide useful information on how consumption is distributed and how it varies over time. If you’re familiar with what consumes energy – and how much – in your home, you can keep an eye on how effective your energy-saving measures are, and control your energy consumption.

Get monitoring data on your phone. Most energy companies offer their customers an online service and app so that they can monitor their electricity use by week, day, hour, or even 15-minute period. Customers of all energy companies can monitor their data at Fingrid’s Datahub (LINK) or using the consumption data given in their electricity bills.

Managing consumption at an annual, monthly, and daily level. The smallest action you can take as a property owner or resident is to monitor your electricity, heating and water consumption at an annual level. This will help you to see how consumption changes in the long term and varies by season. Looking at weekly and daily data will help you to understand when you use the most electricity, and which appliances are consuming it.

STEP 2: Be aware of changes in the price of electricity

The price of electricity is determined based on the generation and consumption of electricity. Finland’s electricity production is increasingly based on weather-dependent wind and solar power, which increases fluctuations in the generation of electricity and affects the price of electricity. Electricity is more affordable when consumption takes place at times when there is lots of electricity available.

Finland uses the most electricity in the mornings and the evenings. Most electricity is used on weekday mornings and evenings, and electricity is at its most expensive during peak consumption times. During the night, the middle of the day, and at weekends, consumption is lower, and electricity is cheaper.

We use more energy in cold weather. Long, cold winters and periods without wind can increase the price of electricity. Energy consumption increases in very cold weather, as we need more heating. That’s why it’s a good idea to carefully consider how you use energy in prolonged periods of cold weather and to move your consumption to times when electricity is more readily available.

Avoiding peak consumption times affects the entire electrical network. When electricity users time their electricity consumption outside of peak times, the need to strengthen the electrical network decreases. If enough users are prepared to be flexible with their electricity consumption, reducing spikes in electricity consumption can also affect the price of future electricity contracts.

STEP 3: Decide what to schedule – and how

Discerning customers can monitor the price of electricity and schedule as much of their energy consumption for when electricity is at its cheapest. By choosing an electricity contract that contains exchange electricity or otherwise is affected by consumption, and by utilising automated consumption control, you can ensure that you use electricity economically.

You can schedule your electricity consumption in a number of ways. There are different ways to schedule electricity consumption in different homes, housing companies, and businesses. In the simplest form of scheduling, appliances are either turned on or put on a timer to turn on at the desired time. Building services systems, however, should be controlled using existing scheduling methods and automation.

The higher the consumption, the more you can save by scheduling. The more electricity you use, the higher the financial advantage of scheduling your consumption. It is particularly worthwhile to schedule EV charging, plus heating for your home and domestic water. Smaller savings can be made by scheduling electric sauna stoves, ovens, or underfloor heating. In apartment buildings and service properties, the adjustment and control of building services systems must be planned carefully based on the purpose of the property and the times when the property is used. Everything can be done without compromising on comfort by making the correct adjustments.

STEP 4: Use smart automation to schedule energy use

Smart building solutions take care of scheduling for you, leaving you with more free time. Scheduling should be smart and carefree if you use appliances’ integrated timers, add appliance or system-specific controls, or use automation that coordinates several systems on your behalf.

Automate your home to take control of consumption and save money. Supplement your existing home systems with smart control or automation. Electrical appliances and heating can be controlled using integrated smart scheduling, an installed relay or a smart thermostat, a service provided by an electricity network company, or by remotely connecting the system to an external service. If you use solar panels, use your solar power to run appliances from spring to autumn. As solar power generation decreases in the winter, turn on scheduling based on the price of purchased electricity.

In housing companies, scheduling also generates savings for residents. In housing companies, modern automation systems and connected smart solutions can be used to safely and appropriately control heating, ventilation, cooling, lighting, and EV charging points. Using automation to lower the temporary power demand of district heating and electricity by scheduling consumption at different times cuts spikes in consumption, which lowers costs.

In service and business properties, demand determines how useful automation can be. In offices and service properties, flexible consumption sites include building services heating and cooling systems, plus lighting, refrigeration devices, and air conditioning, to name a few examples. Automation can be used to control the consumption of various appliances with consideration for user needs when electricity is at its cheapest, plus only use energy when it’s needed. If you use high-powered generation appliances, scheduling their use or turning them off for short periods can achieve significant savings. Automation-based control solutions must be planned for each sites in order to avoid disrupting the property’s users or processes.

Download Energy Saving Week materials for use in your organisation

Energy Saving Week challenges participants to improve the energy efficiency of their operations. In addition to their own energy-saving measures, participants play a key role in sharing energy-saving tips with their employees, customers, and other interest groups.

You are free to use Energy Saving Week material in your organisation’s own communication channels!

Logos and picture cards can be downloaded in Finnish, Swedish and English from the Energy Saving Week website at: Materiaalit