New Zealand ยท costs in NZD

Front loader ยท 9 kg
Siemens WG44H2A1AU Washing Machine
Siemens WG44H2A1AU is a 9 kg front loader washing machine registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ACW1729).
- Capacity
- 9 kg
- Front loader
- Energy rating
- 5.5
- Annual electricity use
- 92 kWh
- Label: 162 kWh ยท 0.44 kWh per wash
- Estimated running cost
- $30 / year
- $305 over 10 years
- Water per wash
- โ ยท Cottons Eco, 60ยฐC, 1400 rpm programme
40% less electricity than the median of 77 comparable 9 kg front loader washing machine registrations (268 kWh a year on the label basis). It uses less than 99% of them. At your rates that is about $20 a year less than the median, $199 over 10 years.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 9 kg front loader washing machine sold in New Zealand, counted once per registration, on the label usage basis.
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Siemens WG44H2A1AU specifications
- Loading
- Front loader
- Rated capacity
- 9.0 kg
- Combined washer-dryer
- No
- Wash action
- โ
- Water per wash
- โ
- Water efficiency index
- 0.540
- Programme tested
- Cottons Eco, 60ยฐC, 1400 rpm
- Programme time
- 273 min
- Internal heater
- Yes
- Dimensions (WรHรD)
- โ
- Annual energy (label)
- 162 kWh
- Star rating index
- 5.51
- Country of manufacture
- Spain
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ACW1729
- GEMS registration id
- 174982
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 15 January 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- โ
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Clothes Washing Machines) Determination 2024
- Test standard
- AS/NZS 2040.1:2021 +A1
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 22 September 2026; last checked 23 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.