Noritz ME120HPT
3.38 UEF DOE CCD · 2026-09-19Grade C: where this UEF sits among the 194 models in its class, lowest (G) to highest (A). A position, not an official label. How the grade is set
An electric tank, high draw pattern (a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap).
For a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap, the Noritz ME120HPT uses 1,468 kWh a year at the high draw pattern. The draw pattern is the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. This figure is 162 kWh above the class median of 1,306 kWh for electric tanks.
Energy use per year
1,468 kWh 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 electricity rate where you live.
That is above the median of 1,306 kWh for the 194 models registered in the same heater type and draw pattern; it ranks 158 of 194, lowest energy first.
Solid line: this model (1,468 kWh). Dashed line: the class median.
Min 1,002 kWh Median 1,306 kWh Max 5,334 kWh
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
- 3.38 DOE CCD · 2026-09-19 Compared only with other models registered as an electric 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
- 105 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- Rated Storage Volume the tank size in gallons
- 109 gal DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- On the market since (ENERGY STAR) the date the manufacturer told ENERGY STAR the model went on sale
- 2024-07-01 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
- Refrigerant and GWP (ENERGY STAR) the refrigerant a heat pump unit uses and its global warming potential, a leak's climate effect relative to carbon dioxide (CO2 = 1)
- R-134a, GWP 1430 ENERGY STAR · 2026-09-19
- Sound level (ENERGY STAR) how loud the unit is while it runs, in decibels as filed
- 54 dB ENERGY STAR · 2026-09-19
What it costs to install
Not published: Installed cost range
This model's rated tank size 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.
- Compressor operating range (ENERGY STAR)
- the air temperatures around the unit in which its heat pump runs; outside this range the heat pump stops
- 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
What these figures mean
How this compares
The closest models in the same class — same fuel, type and draw pattern.
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Every Noritz model on file
What this brand files, by heater type.
UEF 3.38 · Grade C Price it on your ZIP
The figure of 1,468 kWh a year is computed by this site, not the registry. It combines the registry's UEF with the DOE test's daily hot-water draw for the high draw pattern. UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, is 3.38 for this model. The fuel is electricity, and the source is DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-09-19. The class is the 194 models registered as an electric tank at the high draw pattern. This model's rank is 158th lowest energy use of 194. That places it in the highest quarter of its class for energy use, 162 kWh above the median of 1,306 kWh. The calculation method explains how the annual cost is derived from this energy figure.
The figure applies only to the high draw pattern, so it describes a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap. This model has a rated volume of 109 gallons. Its first hour rating, the gallons of hot water available in the first hour from a full tank, is 105 gallons. Those two ratings are the ones to compare with your own peak-hour demand. Energy use at any other draw pattern is not available on this page. Since 1,468 kWh sits 162 kWh above the class median, a reader who weighs energy use first can compare other units in the water heater selector. A same-class replacement can also be found by model number.
Running cost is not stated here because it depends on your own utility electricity tariff. Multiplying 1,468 kWh by your rate per kilowatt-hour gives a yearly figure for the high draw pattern. The cost calculator does this from your ZIP. Because 1,468 kWh is a test-based figure, actual use in a home can differ with real hot-water draw, and this page cannot say by how much. An installed price range is also not published for this model. Its ratings lie outside the range the cost database's model was fitted on, and the range is not stretched past it. The 162 kWh gap to the class median of 1,306 kWh is a gap in energy, and its cost depends on the same rate.
DOE CCD · 2026-09-19