Miele WWD160WCS
303 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 2.24 filed efficiency; the yearly figure is computed from it
A front-loading washer of standard size (1.6 cubic feet or more). Drum: 2.3 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.
- WXC280
Checking the Miele WWD160WCS? Its registry data give 303 kWh of electricity a year at DOE's test use. That assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer; water use is 2,510 gallons a year. Its IMEF, the cubic feet of laundry washed per kilowatt-hour, dryer included, is 2.24, below its class median of 2.76.
Energy and water per year
303 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: 116 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.
2,510 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
- 2.24 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
- 3.7
- Clothes container capacity the volume of the drum in cubic feet, as DOE's test measures it
- 2.3 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
$1,240–$2,161 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
- Samsung WW25FG6B 328 kWh a year
- Samsung WW25FG6B… (Better) 328 kWh a year
- LG WKHC152H…A 322 kWh a year
- Summit LWES247 302 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 clothes washer on file
All four product classes, from the DOE registry.
The 303 kWh figure comes from this site's calculation, not directly from the registry. It combines the registry's IMEF of 2.24 with the model's capacity, the drum's volume in cubic feet, of 2.3, at DOE's test use. It assumes an electric water heater and an electric dryer, so part of the total is the dryer's energy. ENERGY STAR files a separate machine-only figure of 116 kWh a year. That figure covers the machine and its electrically heated water alone, with the dryer not included. The difference between the two figures is the dryer's share under the test assumptions. This page does not list that difference as a separate number. The DOE source data were retrieved on 2026-10-25. The steps are set out in the methodology for the yearly energy and water figures.
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The water figure of 2,510 gallons a year is also calculated by this site. It uses the registry's IWF, the gallons of water used per cycle for each cubic foot of drum, of 3.7. That value is applied to the 2.3 cubic foot capacity at DOE's test use. A household that runs more or fewer loads than the test assumes will use more or less water than this figure. The cost of that water is not shown on this page. No free national source publishes local water and sewer rates, so no estimate is given. The registry also lists this model as sold under the numbers WXC280. The energy and water figures on this page come from the registry entry for WWD160WCS.
The registry has 360 models listed as front-loading, standard size, and this washer's IMEF of 2.24 is the 290th highest among them. The class median IMEF is 2.76, so this model sits below the median. It is still rated above the federal minimum IMEF for its class; 37 models in the class sit at that minimum. A higher IMEF means more laundry washed per kilowatt-hour. Under the test, this model therefore uses more energy per cubic foot washed than the median model in its class. The yearly running cost is not stated in this text. It depends on the reader's own utility electricity tariff, so the page computes it from the reader's ZIP. Other models in the class can be checked through all clothes washer pages.