BLACK+DECKER BD12NWES Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
What the BLACK+DECKER BD12NWES costs to run
At 600 kWh/yr, the BLACK+DECKER BD12NWES's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
That $113 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a room air conditioner
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 0.5% less, ranking 261 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 447 room air conditioners ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $1/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the BLACK+DECKER BD12NWES: K�hl+ KHVS12B33B ($112/yr, 598.1 kWh/yr), then Century RXTS-121A ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr).
Comparing BLACK+DECKER's own models
Of the 3 ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners BLACK+DECKER makes, the BD12NWES costs the most to run, $38/year more than BLACK+DECKER's cheapest, the BD08NWES.
BLACK+DECKER BD12NWES over 10 years
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the BLACK+DECKER BD12NWES costs roughly $1,128 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $113/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
If you're keeping it
At $113/year just to run, a room air conditioner is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The full Room Air Conditioner category page shows all 447 room air conditioners ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.