BLACK+DECKER MFC120-U1421BS/C14E-US
289 kWh a year DOE CCD (opens in a new tab) (the U.S. Department of Energy’s Compliance Certification Database) · 2026-10-25with an electric water heater and an electric dryer
IMEF 2.76 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.
Label numbers this filing covers (1)
The model number on your rating plate may be any of these; each is filed under this one listing.
- BFLW27MW
Checking the Black Decker MFC120-U1421BS/C14E-US? With an electric water heater and electric dryer it uses 289 kWh a year and 2,549 gallons of water at DOE's test use. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.76, equal to the class median of 2.76.
Energy and water per year
289 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
The machine and its hot water alone, dryer not included: 101 kWh a year, as ENERGY STAR files it.
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.
2,549 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) · 2026-10-25What it costs to run where you live
See what the middle washer of each product class costs to run on your rate.
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
- 2.76 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
- 3.2
- 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
From ENERGY STAR · 2026-10-25
- ENERGY STAR
- ENERGY STAR certified.
Installed cost and service life
$1,212–$1,973 installed
Not a quote — a modeled range of what installers have charged for this class of unit; your price will vary with labor rates, access, and local code requirements.
Brought to current prices with Bureau of Labor Statistics indexes: equipment to August 2026, installation labor to April 2026–June 2026.
NLR REMDB (BLS PPI/ECI escalated) · 2026-04-01Service 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 · 2026-09-29Safety 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 · 2026-09-29What these figures mean
Where the hot water in this figure comes from
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Water heaters
The other big user of hot water in a home, with every model on file.
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What a water heater costs to run
Prices a water heater’s efficiency against your own utility’s tariff.
Closest in its class
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- Amana H18vD746(3B) 460 kWh a year
- Criterion MFH180-G1304DS/F01E-US 481 kWh a year
- Crosley MFH180-G1302DS/F01E-US 481 kWh a year
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How every figure on this page is calculated
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Front-load washers ranked by filed efficiency (IMEF)
Ranked by filed IMEF inside each class, recalled models left out.
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Most energy-efficient clothes washers
Ranked by filed IMEF inside each class, recalled models left out.
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Top load vs front load washing machine
The filed IMEF, yearly energy, water, drum size and installed-cost range of every standard-size top-loading and front-loading washer, side by side from the DOE registry.
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How much water and electricity does a washing machine use?
The yearly gallons and kWh of every residential washer on file, by product class with the full spread, plus the exact per-cycle figures, and the watts no registry files declared as a gap.
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Every BLACK+DECKER washer on file
What the brand files, by product class.
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Every clothes washer on file
All four product classes, from the DOE registry.
The yearly energy figure of 289 kWh was computed by this site, not the registry. It uses the registry's IMEF of 2.76 and its capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 2.7, at DOE's test use of a fixed number of cycles a year. The scope is an electric water heater and an electric dryer. The source is DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-10-25. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 101 kWh, which covers the washer and its electrically heated water alone, without the dryer. The two figures come from different sources, so this page does not subtract one from the other. The method behind the yearly energy and water figures is described on its own page.
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The yearly water figure of 2,549 gallons is also computed by this site. It combines the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, of 3.2 with the capacity of 2.7 cubic feet, at the same test use. It describes DOE's test conditions, not a household's own laundry habits. The cost of that water is not stated, because no free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, and this page does not estimate one. The running cost of electricity is also left out of the text. It depends on your own utility tariff, so the page computes it from your ZIP instead.
This model is registered as a front-loading washer of standard size, and it is sold as BFLW27MW. It is compared with the 360 models registered in that same class. The class median IMEF is 2.76, and this model's IMEF of 2.76 is equal to it. The installed price range is shown in its own block with its source and date, as a modeled installed-cost range and not a quote. The registry gives no value for how many cycles your household runs, so every yearly figure here holds only at DOE's test use. You can look at other models on the clothes washer pages.