Name: Midea MDW15GSS
Brand: Midea
SKU: ADW1338

Electricity pricec/kWh

Water price$/kLusage charge on your water bill

Dishwasher cyclesper week

Capacity: 15 place; Freestanding
Energy rating: 3.5; WELS water rating 4.5
Annual electricity use: 279 kWh; Label: 280 kWh · 0.77 kWh per cycle
Estimated running cost: $101 / year; $89 electricity + $12 water · $1,009 over 10 years

Water per cycle: 12.7 L · ECO programme

14% more electricity than the median of 84 comparable 15 place and above freestanding dishwasher registrations (246 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 21% of them. At your rates that is about $11 a year more than the median, $109 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

median 246232294

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 84 comparable 15 place and above freestanding dishwasher registrations. Dot: this model (above the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 15 place and above freestanding dishwasher sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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Midea MDW15GSS specifications

Type: Freestanding
Place settings: 15
Water per cycle (labelled programme): 12.7 L
Programme tested: ECO
Programme time: 191 min
Water connection: Single
Water softener: No
Delay start: Yes
Standby power: 0.68 W
Dimensions (W×H×D): 600 × 840 × 600 mm
Annual energy (label): 280 kWh
Star rating index: 3.65
WELS registration: D48066 (exact_model, confidence 0.98)
WELS water per cycle: 12.7 L
Country of manufacture: China

Australian GEMS registration details

Registration number: ADW1338
GEMS registration id: 176860
Status: approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires: 10 February 2031
Registered for sale in: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family: –
Regulatory standard: Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Dishwashers) Determination 2024
Test standard: AS/NZS 2007.1:2005 and testing requirements in the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Dishwashers) Determination 2015

Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 20 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.