Name: Award DWC316S
Brand: Award
SKU: ZDW0132

Electricity pricec/kWh

Water price$/kLusage charge on your water bill

Dishwasher cyclesper week

Capacity: 13 place; Freestanding
Energy rating: 3
Annual electricity use: 277 kWh; Label: 278 kWh · 0.76 kWh per cycle
Estimated running cost: $101 / year; $91 electricity + $9 water · $1,009 over 10 years

Water per cycle: 12.3 L · Eco 50 degrees programme

1% more electricity than the median of 134 comparable 13–14 place freestanding dishwasher registrations (275 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 47% of them. At your rates that is about $1 a year more than the median, $10 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

median 275230324

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 134 comparable 13–14 place freestanding dishwasher registrations. Dot: this model (above the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 13–14 place freestanding dishwasher sold in New Zealand, 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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kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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Award DWC316S specifications

Type: Freestanding
Place settings: 13
Water per cycle (labelled programme): 12.3 L
Programme tested: Eco 50 degrees
Programme time: 142 min
Water connection: Single
Water softener: No
Delay start: Yes
Standby power: 0.06 W
Dimensions (W×H×D): 598 × 850 × 598 mm
Annual energy (label): 278 kWh
Star rating index: 3.27
Country of manufacture: Türkiye

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number: ZDW0132
GEMS registration id: 100139
Status: approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires: n/a (NZ registration)
Registered for sale in: New Zealand
Family: –
Regulatory standard: EE Amendment Regulations 2025 Schedule 2D
Test standard: AS/NZS 2007.1:2005

Source: E3 programme registration data (EECA, New Zealand) (trans-Tasman E3 registration data published by DCCEEW on data.gov.au, CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 20 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. Manufacturer: vestelinternational.com. How the derived figures are calculated.