Name: Smeg DWAU615DB3
Brand: Smeg
SKU: ADW1394

Electricity pricec/kWh

Water price$/kLusage charge on your water bill

Dishwasher cyclesper week

Capacity: 15 place; Built-in
Energy rating: 3.5
Annual electricity use: 294 kWh; Label: 295 kWh · 0.81 kWh per cycle
Estimated running cost: $105 / year; $97 electricity + $8 water · $1,047 over 10 years

Water per cycle: 9.9 L · Normal Eco programme

20% more electricity than the median of 63 comparable 15 place and above built-in dishwasher registrations (245 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 2% of them. At your rates that is about $16 a year more than the median, $165 over 10 years.

How efficient is it for its size?

median 245197276

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 63 comparable 15 place and above built-in 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 built-in 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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Smeg DWAU615DB3 specifications

Type: Built-in
Place settings: 15
Water per cycle (labelled programme): 9.9 L
Programme tested: Normal Eco
Programme time: 220 min
Water connection: Single
Water softener: No
Delay start: Yes
Standby power: 0.27 W
Dimensions (W×H×D): 600 × 820 × 600 mm
Annual energy (label): 295 kWh
Star rating index: 3.50
Country of manufacture: Italy

Other model numbers on registration ADW1394

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number: ADW1394
GEMS registration id: 177111
Status: approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires: 29 June 2031
Registered for sale in: Australia, New Zealand
Family: DWA615D
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: 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. How the derived figures are calculated.