c/kWh
per week
Capacity
8 kg
Vented
Energy rating
2
Annual electricity use
351 kWh
Label: 351 kWh ยท 6.8 kWh per load
Estimated running cost
$116 / year
$1,158 over 10 years
Control
Auto-sensing ยท Cotton programme

About the same electricity as the median of 10 comparable 8 kg vented dryer registrations (351 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 0% of them.

How efficient is it for its size?

kWh per year. Bar: the middle 80% of 10 comparable 8 kg vented dryer registrations. Dot: this model (below the median). Hover or tab to a mark for its value.

Cohort: every currently registered 8 kg vented dryer sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.

Clothes dryers that use less electricity

Same type and size group, at least 3% lower annual kWh on the label basis.

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Parmco DR7WAV7 kg289 kWh/yr2.5$95
Kogan KACDRYTS70D7 kg302 kWh/yr2$100
Kogan KACDRYTS70C7 kg302 kWh/yr2$100

kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

Clothes dryers similar to the Hafele HZVD28B

ModelStarsEst. cost / yrCompare
Omega OVD8B8 kg351 kWh/yr2$116
Esatto MVD28*8 kg351 kWh/yr2$116
Inalto IVD28BHi8 kg351 kWh/yr2$116
Inalto IVD28G8 kg351 kWh/yr2$116
Omega OVD8G8 kg351 kWh/yr2$116
Solt GGSVD8*8 kg351 kWh/yr2$116
Solt GGSVD8B8 kg351 kWh/yr2$116
Esatto EVD28G8 kg351 kWh/yr2$116

kWh and cost on the label usage basis; the product page adjusts to your usage.

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Hafele HZVD28B specifications

Type (government)
Vented
Rated capacity
8.0 kg
Combination washer-dryer
No
Control
autosensing
Programme tested
Cotton
Programme time
247 min
Moisture removed in test
โ€“
Dimensions (Wร—Hร—D)
560 ร— 845 ร— 595 mm
Annual energy (label)
351 kWh
Star rating index
2.16
Country of manufacture
China

Other model numbers on registration ACD0944

New Zealand E3 registration details

Registration number
ACD0944
GEMS registration id
176290
Status
approved, available (self-reported)
Registration expires
22 January 2031
Registered for sale in
Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
Family
HZVD28*
Regulatory standard
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Rotary Clothes Dryers) Determination 2024
Test standard
AS/NZS 2442.1:2021 + A1 + A2

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.