Envirosense GPCT-40L 1**
0.9 UEF DOE CCD · 2026-09-19Grade A: where this UEF sits among the 414 models in its class, lowest (G) to highest (A). A position, not an official label. How the grade is set
A gas tank, high draw pattern (a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap).
If you are checking the Envirosense GPCT-40L 1**, this gas tank water heater uses 188 therms of natural gas a year. That figure applies to the high draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. It is 72 therms below the class median of 260 therms, ranking 1st lowest in energy use of 414.
Energy use per year
188 therms a year
Computed by this site from the registry's UEF and the federal test's daily hot-water draw for this draw pattern. What it costs depends on the natural gas rate where you live.
That is below the median of 260 therms for the 414 models registered in the same heater type and draw pattern; it ranks 1 of 414, lowest energy first.
Solid line: this model (188 therms). Dashed line: the class median.
Min 188 therms Median 260 therms Max 277 therms
What it costs to run where you live
What the registry files
- UEF (Uniform Energy Factor) how much hot water you get for each unit of energy the heater uses
- 0.9 DOE CCD · 2026-09-19 Compared only with other models registered as a gas tank at the high draw pattern.
- Draw Pattern the standard daily usage profile DOE tests the unit against
- High DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- First Hour Rating how many gallons of hot water the unit can deliver in one hour, starting from a full tank
- 86 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- Rated Storage Volume the tank size in gallons
- 38 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- On the market since (ENERGY STAR) the date the manufacturer told ENERGY STAR the model went on sale
- 2021-10-01 ENERGY STAR · 2026-09-19
- Connected / demand response (ENERGY STAR) whether the unit can take signals from your utility to shift when it heats, and by which standard (such as CTA-2045)
- No ENERGY STAR · 2026-09-19
What it costs to install
Not published: Installed cost range
This model's UEF lies outside the range NLR REMDB's cost model was fitted on, and the range is not stretched past it.
The annual energy figure on this page does not depend on this range and is unaffected.
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 · 2026-09-24Does it fit your space?
Enter your own numbers below — this compares them to what ENERGY STAR publishes for this model, it does not tell you what to buy.
- Dimensions (ENERGY STAR)
- the unit's filed height, width, depth or tank diameter, in inches
- Input voltage and maximum current (ENERGY STAR)
- the circuit voltage the unit is certified on and the most current it draws
- Vent type and size (ENERGY STAR)
- how a gas unit is vented, the vent's diameter and the height of its vent connector
What these figures mean
How this compares
The closest models in the same class — same fuel, type and draw pattern.
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How every figure on this page is calculated
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What a water heater costs to run
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Answered from what models in this size actually file.
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Gas-fired storage tanks, every size and draw pattern on file.
UEF 0.9 · Grade A Price it on your ZIP
The 188 therms figure is calculated by this site. The registry does not report it. It combines the model's UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, with the DOE test's daily hot-water draw for the high draw pattern. The registry lists the UEF as 0.9. The source is the DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-09-19. The result applies only at that test draw and only to natural gas. It does not describe a household whose daily draw differs from the test's draw. This page has no energy figure for other usage levels. The steps behind the calculation are on the page that explains how the annual energy and cost figures are calculated.
The high draw pattern describes a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap. The registry lists a first hour rating, the gallons of hot water available in the first hour from a full tank, of 86 gallons. Its rated volume is 38 gallons. The comparison covers the 414 models registered as a gas tank at the high draw pattern. Among them, this model ranks 1st lowest in energy use. A smaller household with lighter daily use does not match the conditions this figure was tested for. The ranking also covers gas tanks only, so it gives no comparison with other fuels or heater types. The selector by fuel, space and size covers those. To check a same-class match for an existing unit, use the same-class replacement search by model number.
The running cost is not given in this text. It depends on the reader's state average residential gas price. The page calculates it from the reader's ZIP, and the cost calculator on your own ZIP shows the result for the Envirosense GPCT-40L 1**. This model uses 72 therms less gas a year than the class median. At the same gas price, it would therefore cost less to run than a model that uses the median amount. An installed price range is not published for this model. Its ratings fall outside the range of data the cost database's model was built on, and the range is not extended past that data. The installed price for this model is therefore unknown.
DOE CCD · 2026-09-19