Mr' H' Wadhwa, Project Head

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• Mr. H. Wadhwa, Project Head
• Voluntary Organization in Interest of
• Consumer Education (VOICE)
• 441,Jungpura, Mathura Road New Delhi 110014
  INDIATel 24319078-80 Fax-24319081 email
  cvoice_at_vsnl.net,
• Website www. consumer-voice.org

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• Project
• Mitigating Climate Change Technical Support
  via Implementation of India's EE Standards and
  Labelling Program

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Project Aims Objectives

• To Spread Promote BEEs Standard Labeling
  Program in various Region of India.
• To Analyze the benefit of SL for Refrigerators
  Air conditioners
• To Assess the level of awareness about Labeling
  Program in India

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Tasks and Milestones

• Outreach Meetings with Network NGOs
• Finalization of Outreach Materials
• Training to NGOs for dissemination of outreach
  material
• Dissemination of the Outreach Materials
• Survey Feedback on Dissemination Material
  Gathered Analysed

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Partner NGOs their Locations
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4.Dissemination of Outreach Materials

• 1. Publishing of articles in NGOs periodicals
• VOICE -3 (English, Hindi Online edition)
• Partner NGOs -20 (in their periodicals)
• 2. Printing Distribution of Leaflets by VOICE
  and NGO partners
• English Other languages
• 1,00,000 50,000
• 3. Publishing of Promotional Articles in Regional
  
• Newspapers- 17

Activity completed
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Task 5 Analysis of Survey Feedback on
Disseminated Material

• More than 14,600 responses (by prepaid postage
  and in bulk sent by NGOs)
• Analysis of Survey feedback responses

Activity completed
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Potential means of leaflet distribution by VOICE
partner NGOs

• i) Residence Welfare Association
• ii)          Housing Societies members to get
  bulk response
• iii)         Appliance stores for prospective
  buyers
• iv)       Consumer Clubs operating at various
  schools in
• various regions
• v)          Network NGOs members
• vi)        Telephone, Water, Electricity Billing
  cash collection,
•   other utilities offices
• vii)        Meetings, Seminars, Conferences
  during the period
• viii)       With mailers to Members of
  subscribers of Consumers
• Magazines
• ix)         Libraries of Schools/Colleges
• Civil Society Organization Members and BEEs
  Educational
• Workshops for Appliance Dealers
  dealing in Refrigerators A/Cs.
• xi)       Many more as per the opportunities
  choices.

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Number of Feedback Responses from Different NGOs
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List of all NGOs who Published the Articles in
their News letters
LIST
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List of News papers who published the articles

• Matru Bhumi - Malayalam - Kerala
• Sandhya Mahalaxmi - Hindi - Delhi
• Udayvani - Kannada - Bangalore
• Shah Times - Hindi - Delhi
• Ajeet - Panjabi - Jalandhar
• Namaste Bharat - Hindi -
  Delhi
• Bhartiya Sahara - Hindi -
  Delhi
• Sakshi - Telegu
  - Hyderabad
• Rastriya Sahara - Urdu - New Delhi
• Kumar Express - Hindi - Delhi
• Indian Express - English - Bangalore
• Danik Jagran - Hindi - Dehradun
• Garwal Jagaran - Hindi - Garwal
• Hindustan - Hindi -
  Dehradun
• Amar Ujala - Hindi -
  Dehradun
• Kishangarh Express - Hindi -
  Kishangarh
• Bhartiya Sahara (twice) - Hindi
  - Delhi

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Respondents key feedbacks

• S L program is very beneficial on saving of
  electricity and money
• Provides informed choices for purchase of energy
  efficient quality products
• Expectations for more more energy labeled
  products especially of mass consumption
• Has increased the level of awareness on EE
  products