Noma iQ 143-0087-4 Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
What the Noma iQ 143-0087-4 costs to run
ENERGY STAR certifies the Noma iQ 143-0087-4 at 400 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $75 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Noma iQ 143-0087-4 against the category
That's 33.7% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 104 of 447 certified room air conditioners for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every room air conditioner ENERGY STAR currently certifies (447 models), not an outside benchmark, about $38/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Perfect aire 1PACU8000 ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Noma iQ 143-0087-4. Noma 043-8814-4 ($75/yr, 400 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Noma iQ lineup
Noma iQ sells 2 certified room air conditioners; this one runs cheapest of them, $19/year under the 143-0088-2, its priciest.
Noma iQ 143-0087-4 over 10 years
Over the 10-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Noma iQ 143-0087-4 costs roughly $752 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Noma iQ 143-0087-4 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.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Noma iQ 143-0087-4 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
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.