Vissani VAW05V1KWT Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Vissani VAW05V1KWT: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Vissani VAW05V1KWT at 260.4 kWh/yr, one of the cheaper models in its category to run for its category.
The $49 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Vissani VAW05V1KWT against the category
That's 56.8% below the room air conditioner category average of 603 kWh/yr, and ranks 3 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 $64/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
TCL T05WV9M ($51/yr, 273.7 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Vissani VAW05V1KWT. Midea MWEUWA-05CRFN8-BCN4 ($49/yr, 260.4 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Vissani sells 9 certified room air conditioners; this one runs cheapest of them, $83/year under the VAWA14V4HWT, 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 Vissani VAW05V1KWT that long and it costs about $490 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
The Vissani VAW05V1KWT is already efficient for its category at $49/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new room air conditioner costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified room air conditioners before buying.
Protecting what you have
At $49/year just to run, a room air conditioner is worth protecting against an unplanned repair bill on top of that.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The Vissani VAW05V1KWT is among the cheapest 447 room air conditioners tracked here to run, see the full Room Air Conditioner category page for the rest of the range. Being near the top of the category still doesn't answer whether replacing an older model is worth it, which the guide to when replacing one actually pays off does.