Home Appliance Energy Use
Pentagram, 2010
Built to help families understand their environmental impact, this interactive calculator takes the guesswork out of home energy use. Instead of confusing technical terms, it turns energy use into everyday numbers that make sense right away.
You can click around a household to see how much each appliance costs per year in dollars, or how much energy it uses compared to gallons of gasoline.
Pentagram team:
Lisa Strausfeld, creative director
Hilla Katki, lead designer
Michael Deal, designer
Adam Suharja, developer
Selected awards & press:
Talk to Me, MoMA, 2010
Type Directors Club TDC 57





