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330 kWh a year DOE CCD (opens in a new tab) (the U.S. Department of Energy’s Compliance Certification Database) · 2026-10-25

with an electric water heater and an electric dryer

IMEF 2.41 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it

A front-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 2.7 cubic feet.

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The model number on your rating plate may be any of these; each is filed under this one listing.

  • 746441

If you are checking this registry entry, here are the figures. The ASKO W5XLW.U uses 330 kWh a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer, and 2,469 gallons of water, at DOE's test use. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.41, below the class median of 2.76.


Energy and water per year

330 kWh a year with an electric water heater and an electric dryer

Computed by this site from the registry's IMEF and drum capacity at DOE's test use of 295 cycles a year. IMEF counts the washer, heating its water electrically, and the electric dryer's work on what the spin leaves wet — so this is the total for that kind of home. How it is calculated

Not published: The washer's own share, without the dryer

DOE's database files IMEF, which folds the dryer in; only ENERGY STAR splits the machine out, and it lists this model under no matching rating.

The total above, and the IMEF it comes from, stand as filed.

Not published: A home with a gas water heater, a gas dryer or line drying

DOE's rating assumes electric water heating and an electric dryer and files no split between the machine, the water heating and the drying.

Such a home uses less electricity than the total above; how much less, no registry says for this model.

2,469 gallons of water a year

Computed from the registry's IWF and drum capacity at the same 295 cycles a year.

Not published: What the water costs

water and sewer rates are set by thousands of local utilities and no free national source publishes them.

The gallons above are the figure to multiply by your own water and sewer rate.

This model is rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class.

DOE CCD (opens in a new tab) · 2026-10-25

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What the registry files

From DOE CCD · 2026-10-25

IMEF (Integrated Modified Energy Factor) how many cubic feet of drum a washer cleans for each kilowatt-hour, counting the machine, heating the water and drying what the spin leaves wet
2.41 Compared only with other front-loading, standard size washers.
IWF (Integrated Water Factor) how many gallons of water a washer uses per cycle for each cubic foot of drum
3.1
Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
2.7 ft³
Federal minimum IMEF for this class
1.84

Installed cost and service life

Not published: Installed cost range

NLR REMDB's cost model needs the washer's own yearly energy use, which only ENERGY STAR files — and it lists no matching rating for this model.

Ask retailers or installers for a written quote that names this model number. The yearly energy, water and running cost on this page do not depend on it.

Service life: DOE’s cost database assumes 11 years for front-loading washers. That is a class assumption, not this model’s rating or a warranty — no registry publishes either.

NLR REMDB v4.0.0 · 2026-09-29

Safety record

No CPSC recall names this model.

Checked against the CPSC recall database. CPSC does not publish a model-level match for this product category, so this list is curated by hand from the manufacturer's recall filings.

CPSC · 2026-09-29

What these figures mean

The yearly energy figure of 330 kWh covers the washer and the dryer together, because DOE's database files IMEF, which folds the dryer in. This site computed it, not the registry, from the registry's IMEF of 2.41 and a capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 2.7, at DOE's assumed number of cycles a year. The scope is an electric water heater and an electric dryer. A machine-only figure is not published for this model: only ENERGY STAR splits the washer out, and it lists no matching rating. The data come from DOE CCD, retrieved on 2026-10-25, and the registry lists the model as sold as 746441. The calculation method explains each step.

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The water figure of 2,469 gallons is also computed by this site. It uses the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, which is 3.1 for this model. That value is multiplied by the capacity of 2.7 cubic feet and by DOE's assumed yearly cycles. The result applies to that test use only, so a household that washes more or fewer loads will see a different total. A cost for this water is not stated: no free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, and this page does not estimate one.

Among the 360 models registered as front-loading and standard size, the class median IMEF is 2.76. This model's IMEF is 2.41, which is below that median, so it washes fewer cubic feet of laundry per kilowatt-hour than the median model does. Running cost depends on your own electricity tariff, so the page computes it from your ZIP rather than stating it in this text. An installed price range is not published, because the cost database needs the washer's own yearly energy, which only ENERGY STAR files. See all clothes washer pages for other models.

DOE CCD · 2026-10-25

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