Honeywell HAC-8I Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Running cost for the Honeywell HAC-8I
At 400 kWh/yr, the Honeywell HAC-8I's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified room air conditioner.
The $75 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 33.7% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 79 of 447 certified room air conditioners for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 447 currently-certified room air conditioners feeds that average, putting this model about $38/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among room air conditioners, one step cheaper is Hisense HLAW0825TW ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Hykolity ACB-2601 ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr).
Within the Honeywell lineup
The Honeywell HAC-8I is the only room air conditioner from Honeywell that ENERGY STAR currently certifies, so there's no same-brand model to weigh it against here, only the full room air conditioner category.
Honeywell HAC-8I over 10 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical room air conditioner's service life at 10 years; run the Honeywell HAC-8I that long and it costs about $752 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Honeywell HAC-8I is already efficient for its category at $75/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new room air conditioner costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
At $75/year just to run, a room air conditioner is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
The data behind this page
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. At rank 79 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.