Element WM1462
314 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 2.07 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A front-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 2.2 cubic feet.
Label numbers this filing covers (2)
The model number on your rating plate may be any of these; each is filed under this one listing.
- ECW2224EGG
- ECW2224EGW
If you are checking the Element WM1462, it uses 314 kWh a year with an electric water heater and electric dryer, and 2,726 gallons of water, at DOE's test use. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.07, below the class median of 2.76.
Energy and water per year
314 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: 110 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.
2,726 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
- 2.07 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
- 4.2
- Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
- 2.2 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
$1,230–$2,101 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
- Danby DWM022D1DSDB 314 kWh a year
- Danby DWM022D3WDB 314 kWh a year
- Equator Advanced Appliances WM1462 314 kWh a year
- GE H24F_4_M 342 kWh a year
Keep going
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 Element 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 figure of 314 kWh covers the washer, its electrically heated water and an electric dryer. This site computes it from the registry's IMEF and the capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, which is 2.2 cubic feet for the WM1462, at DOE's test use for a year. The registry does not publish this total. The inputs come from DOE CCD, the Compliance Certification Database, retrieved 2026-10-25. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 110 kWh, which counts the machine and its electrically heated water but not the dryer. The two figures come from different calculations, so their gap is only a rough indication of the dryer's share. The method for the yearly energy and water figures is set out on its own page.
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The water figure is 2,726 gallons a year. This site computes it from the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, which is 4.2 for this model, and from the capacity, at DOE's test use for a year. It describes the test cycle and does not measure how the machine runs in a particular home. 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. A reader who needs that cost has to apply the local utility's own rates to the yearly gallons.
The WM1462 has an IMEF of 2.07, registered for a washer sold as ECW2224EGG, ECW2224EGW. The class median is 2.76, taken across the 360 models registered as front-loading, standard size, so this model sits below the class median. A lower IMEF means less laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included. The registry value is a laboratory result at DOE's test conditions. Running cost is not stated in the text, because it depends on your own electricity tariff applied to the yearly 314 kWh. The page computes it from your ZIP code instead. Other models are listed on the clothes washer pages.