c/kWh
per week
$/kLusage charge on your water bill
Capacity
8 kg
Top loader
Energy rating
2.5
Annual electricity use
314 kWh
Label: 551 kWh Β· 1.5 kWh per wash
Estimated running cost
$100 / year
$1,005 over 10 years
Water per wash
– Β· Normal, Warm Temp, Water Level Max, Spin 9min, Rinse 1 programme

10% more electricity than the median of 29 comparable 8 kg top loader washing machine registrations (500 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 45% of them. At your rates that is about $9 a year more than the median, $93 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 29 comparable 8 kg top loader washing machine registrations. Dot: this model (above the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 8 kg top loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

Washing machines similar to the Haier HWT80AW1

No comparable registrations of the same type and size from other brands.

Compare HWT80AW1 with another washing machine

Haier HWT80AW1 specifications

Loading
Top loader
Rated capacity
8.0 kg
Combined washer-dryer
No
Wash action
impeller
Water per wash
–
Water efficiency index
0.724
Programme tested
Normal, Warm Temp, Water Level Max, Spin 9min, Rinse 1
Programme time
134 min
Internal heater
No
Dimensions (WΓ—HΓ—D)
–
Annual energy (label)
551 kWh
Star rating index
2.50
Country of manufacture
China

Australian GEMS registration details

Registration number
ACW1824
GEMS registration id
181242
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
2 August 2031
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
–
Regulatory standard
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Clothes Washing Machines) Determination 2024
Test standard
AS/NZS 2040.1:2005 + A1 + A2 + A3 and testing requirements in the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Clothes Washing Machines) Determination 2015

Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 22 September 2026; last checked 23 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.