With the fast-paced lifestyle we have today, many of us tend to use various appliances and home gadgets to make life easier, which eventually ended us to excessive energy usage. In this regard, designers from Carbon Design Group and Artefact Design end up with a useful home appliance design that will do almost all of the household chores for us without the need of an excessive energy usage. Hailed as the IMPACT, this home appliance consists of an Impact Fridge, Impact Dishwasher and an Impact Clock with an Impact Application to get things in order.
Each item of the impact has energy meter that will remind every user on their energy. The fridge has its green bar that reminds users of the amount of energy lost. The Impact dishwasher on the other hand has the energy bar as well like the impact fridge. With the dishwasher, one can set the time the dishes should be done and it the machine will choose the settings, start time, and the amount of energy spent. The IMPACT also has the clock with the minute and hour hands stretching inward or outward according to your energy usage. Finally, the IMPACT application made for your handheld smart devices gives you the right guidance and insight based on your energy consumption. Through the application, one can turn his or her thermostat up or down, tell what to do. On the other hand, the application can also suggest possible moves that you can to do lower your energy usage and directly connect your performance with your networking accounts and let your network know how you are doing in saving your energy usage.
Source: Carbon Design Group via Yanko Design