Australia · costs in AUD
Freestanding · 6 place settings
Midea MDWB1SS Dishwasher
Midea MDWB1SS is a 6-place freestanding dishwasher registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ADW1201).
- Capacity
- 6 place
- Freestanding
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Annual electricity use
- 164 kWh
- Label: 164 kWh · 0.45 kWh per cycle
- Estimated running cost
- $59 / year
- $52 electricity + $7 water · $591 over 10 years
- Water per cycle
- 7.4 L · ECO programme
20% less electricity than the median of 35 comparable compact (under 10 place) freestanding dishwasher registrations (205 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 57% of them. At your rates that is about $13 a year less than the median, $131 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered compact (under 10 place) freestanding dishwasher sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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|---|---|---|---|
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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
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| TECO TDW06*CM6 place settings164 kWh/yr | 2.5 | $52 | |
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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.
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Midea MDWB1SS specifications
- Type
- Freestanding
- Place settings
- 6
- Water per cycle (labelled programme)
- 7.4 L
- Programme tested
- ECO
- Programme time
- 130 min
- Water connection
- Single
- Water softener
- No
- Delay start
- No
- Standby power
- 0.52 W
- Dimensions (W×H×D)
- 550 × 438 × 500 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 164 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.58
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ADW1201
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ADW1201
- GEMS registration id
- 158305
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 4 September 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- MDWB1**
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Dishwashers) Determination 2024
- Test standard
- AS/NZS 2007.1:2005
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. Manufacturer: midea.com/global. How the derived figures are calculated.