Hisense AWL1225TW1W Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
What the Hisense AWL1225TW1W costs to run
The Hisense AWL1225TW1W is certified by ENERGY STAR at 600 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
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 276 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 Hisense AWL1225TW1W: Hisense AHLW1225TW1W ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr), then Hisense LWCT12W25A ($113/yr, 600 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 11 of Hisense's 16 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the WCT06W25A ($62/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the AW2223TW3W ($207/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical room air conditioner's service life at 10 years; run the Hisense AWL1225TW1W that long and it costs about $1,128 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $113/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
$113/year to run is the predictable cost of the Hisense AWL1225TW1W; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 276 of 447, the Hisense AWL1225TW1W sits in the middle of the room air conditioner category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 600 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.