Costway FP11215US-GR
257 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 1.49 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A compact top-loading washer (under 1.6 cubic feet). Drum: 1.3 cubic feet.
If you are checking the COSTWAY FP11215US-GR, it uses 257 kWh a year at DOE's test use, with an electric water heater and an electric dryer. It uses 4,142 gallons of water a year on the same basis. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 1.49, ranked 1st of 48 in its class.
Energy and water per year
257 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.
4,142 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
- 1.49 Compared only with other top-loading, compact washers.
- IWF (Integrated Water Factor) how many gallons of water a washer uses per cycle for each cubic foot of drum
- 10.8
- Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
- 1.3 ft³
- Federal minimum IMEF for this class
- 1.15
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 top-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
- Costway FP11214US-GR 257 kWh a year
- Costway FP11214US-WH 257 kWh a year
- Costway FP11215US-WH 257 kWh a year
- Costway FP11216US-GR 257 kWh a year
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How every figure on this page is calculated
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Top-load washers ranked by filed efficiency (IMEF)
Ranked by filed IMEF inside each class, recalled models left out.
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Compact 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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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 Costway 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 257 kWh figure is computed by this site from registry data, not filed by the registry itself. It combines the IMEF of 1.49 with the model's capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 1.3, at DOE's test count of cycles a year. Because IMEF folds in the dryer, the yearly total includes the dryer's share and not only the washer's own share. The figure holds only for a home with an electric water heater and an electric dryer, which is the scope DOE's test assumes here. A machine-only yearly figure for the FP11215US-GR is not available, because DOE's database files only IMEF with the dryer folded in. Only ENERGY STAR splits the machine's own share out, and it lists this model under no matching rating. For the same reason, no installed price range is published, since the cost database needs that machine-only figure.
Read the rest
The 4,142 gallons figure uses the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, of 10.8. This site multiplies that IWF by the 1.3 cubic-foot capacity and by DOE's test count of cycles a year. The full method is set out in how the yearly energy and water figures are calculated for every washer on this site. A household running more or fewer cycles than DOE's test count would use a different amount of water than 4,142 gallons. A water cost for this model is not shown on this page. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so any cost figure here would be an estimate.
Among the 48 models registered as top-loading, compact, the FP11215US-GR ranks 1st by IMEF. Its IMEF of 1.49 sits above the class median of 1.25, and it is rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class. In the same class, 12 models are rated at the federal minimum IMEF, below this model's rating. A higher IMEF means more cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour under DOE's test conditions. The running cost is not stated here because it depends on your own electricity tariff, so the page computes it from your ZIP. Other compact and full-size washers in the registry are listed on all clothes washer pages for side-by-side checking.