VESTA VRP-150
0.95 UEF DOE CCD · 2026-09-19Grade B: where this UEF sits among the 397 models in its class, lowest (G) to highest (A). A position, not an official label. How the grade is set
A gas tankless unit, high draw pattern (a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap).
If you are checking the VESTA VRP-150, a gas tankless unit, it uses 178 therms of natural gas a year. That figure is for the high draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against. It sits 4 therms below its class median of 182 therms, ranking 45th lowest energy use of 397.
Energy use per year
178 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 182 therms for the 397 models registered in the same heater type and draw pattern; it ranks 45 of 397, lowest energy first.
Solid line: this model (178 therms). Dashed line: the class median.
Min 173 therms Median 182 therms Max 209 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
- 0.95 DOE CCD · 2026-09-19 Compared only with other models registered as a gas tankless unit at the high draw pattern.
- Draw Pattern the standard daily usage profile DOE tests the unit against
- High DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- Maximum Gallons Per Minute how many gallons a minute it can heat while running continuously
- 4.3 gal/min DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
- On the market since (ENERGY STAR) the date the manufacturer told ENERGY STAR the model went on sale
- 2016-12-28 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
$2,358–$3,405 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.
Escalation indexes: equipment (BLS PPI) latest available: August 2026; labor (BLS ECI) latest available: April 2026 to June 2026.
NLR REMDB (BLS PPI/ECI escalated) · 2026-04-01Safety record
- VESTA.DS recalls VST brand tankless water heaters 2025-10-16 Covers some units only: Units sold November 2018 through April 2022. Check the serial number on your rating plate.
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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What a water heater costs to run
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Answered from what models in this size actually file.
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What this brand files, by heater type.
UEF 0.95 · Grade B Price it on your ZIP
The 178 therms figure is computed by this site, not taken from the registry. It combines the registry's UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, with the DOE test's daily hot-water draw. For this model, the UEF is 0.95, and the draw is the one set for the high draw pattern. The figure holds only at that test draw. A home drawing more or less hot water each day will not match it. The comparison class is the 397 models registered as a gas tankless unit at the high draw pattern. At a median of 182 therms, this model sits 4 therms below it, in the lowest quarter of its class for energy use. The source is DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-09-19. The steps are set out in how the annual cost is calculated.
The high draw pattern stands for a larger household, or one where showers and laundry overlap. That is the use the 178 therms rating describes. The registry lists a maximum flow rate in gallons per minute of 4.3 for the VRP-150. Whether that flow covers a given home depends on how many fixtures run at once, and this data does not show that. A home with lower daily hot-water use falls outside the test condition behind the figure. For such a home, an energy figure at a lower draw pattern is not available on this page. To compare other units, use the water heater selector by fuel, space and size. To match this class, you can find a same-class replacement by model number.
The running cost is not stated in this text. What 178 therms of natural gas costs depends on your state's average residential gas price. The page therefore computes it from your ZIP in its own block. You can also enter your ZIP in the cost calculator for your own ZIP. The 4 therms gap to the class median becomes a cost difference only at your own rate, so this page does not give it as a fixed amount. The installed price range appears in a separate block, with its source and date. It is a modeled installed-cost range, not a quote, and its figures are not repeated here. Anything the DOE CCD record does not hold, this page treats as unknown.
DOE CCD · 2026-09-19