AVIVA ALWF190WH Running Cost (Washing Machine)
AVIVA ALWF190WH: running cost
The AVIVA ALWF190WH is certified by ENERGY STAR at 100 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among washing machines currently certified.
That $19 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 washing machine
Against the category average of 123 kWh/yr, this model uses 18.7% less, ranking 99 of 398 washing machines tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 398 washing machines ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $4/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 AVIVA ALWF190WH: Samsung WF50BG83A ($19/yr, 99 kWh/yr), then Bosch WGB246AXUC ($19/yr, 100 kWh/yr).
Comparing AVIVA's own models
Of the 2 ENERGY STAR certified washing machines AVIVA makes, the ALWF190WH is the cheapest to run, $2/year less than AVIVA's priciest, the ALFW2752W.
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical washing machine's service life at 10 years; run the AVIVA ALWF190WH that long and it costs about $188 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Efficient as certified washing machines go, $19/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified washing machines before buying.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the AVIVA ALWF190WH ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a washing machine, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
The full Washing Machine category page shows all 398 washing machines ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 100 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.