Name: Samsung Electronics WW12BB94ADG*
Brand: Samsung Electronics
SKU: ACW1698

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Capacity: 12 kg; Front loader
Energy rating: 5
Annual electricity use: 155 kWh; Label: 272 kWh · 0.75 kWh per wash
Estimated running cost: $50 / year; $496 over 10 years

Water per wash: – · E Cotton, Temp. 40degC, Rinse 2, Spin 1400, Intensive programme

6% less electricity than the median of 37 comparable 11 to 12 kg front loader washing machine registrations (291 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 89% of them. At your rates that is about $3 a year less than the median, $35 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

median 291274353

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 37 comparable 11 to 12 kg front loader washing machine registrations. Dot: this model (below the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 11 to 12 kg front loader washing machine sold in Australia, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

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Samsung Electronics WW12BB94ADG* specifications

Loading: Front loader
Rated capacity: 12.0 kg
Combined washer-dryer: No
Wash action: –
Water per wash: –
Water efficiency index: 0.587
Programme tested: E Cotton, Temp. 40degC, Rinse 2, Spin 1400, Intensive
Programme time: 415 min
Internal heater: Yes
Dimensions (W×H×D): –
Annual energy (label): 272 kWh
Star rating index: 5.00
Country of manufacture: Vietnam

Other model numbers on registration ACW1698

Australian GEMS registration details

Registration number: ACW1698
GEMS registration id: 175610
Status: approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires: 16 December 2030
Registered for sale in: Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family: WW12BB94ADG*
Regulatory standard: Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Clothes Washing Machines) Determination 2024
Test standard: AS/NZS 2040.1:2021 +A1

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.