ELEMENT EHWR10BE Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
ELEMENT EHWR10BE: running cost
The ELEMENT EHWR10BE is certified by ENERGY STAR at 500 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
That $94 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 17.1% less, ranking 167 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 $19/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 ELEMENT EHWR10BE: DELLA 048-TL-W10KI ($94/yr, 500 kWh/yr), then Friedrich CCV10A10A ($94/yr, 500 kWh/yr).
Within the ELEMENT lineup
Ranked 2 of ELEMENT's 4 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the EHWR08BE ($75/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the EHWR14BE ($132/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical room air conditioner's service life at 10 years; run the ELEMENT EHWR10BE that long and it costs about $940 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $94/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
The ELEMENT EHWR10BE already costs $94/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 500 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. At rank 167 of 447 for running cost, see the room air conditioner category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters.