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Westinghouse HS120

0.83 UEF DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
G

Grade G: where this UEF sits among the 80 models in its class, lowest (G) to highest (A). A position, not an official label. How the grade is set

A gas tankless unit, medium draw pattern (a typical three- or four-person household, about 55 gallons on a busy morning).

If you are checking the Westinghouse HS120, this is a gas tankless unit. At the medium draw pattern, the standard daily hot-water usage DOE tests against, it uses 134 therms of natural gas a year. That is 1 therms below the class median of 135 therms, and it ranks 28th lowest of 80.


Energy use per year

134 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 135 therms for the 80 models registered in the same heater type and draw pattern; it ranks 28 of 80, lowest energy first.

This model: 134 therms

Solid line: this model (134 therms). Dashed line: the class median.

Min 114 therms Median 135 therms Max 137 therms

DOE CCD · 2026-09-19

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What it costs to run where you live

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What the registry files

UEF (Uniform Energy Factor) how much hot water you get for each unit of energy the heater uses
0.83 DOE CCD · 2026-09-19 Compared only with other models registered as a gas tankless unit at the medium draw pattern.
Draw Pattern the standard daily usage profile DOE tests the unit against
Medium DOE CCD · 2026-09-19
Maximum Gallons Per Minute how many gallons a minute it can heat while running continuously
3.3 gal/min DOE CCD · 2026-09-19

What it costs to install

$1,792–$2,743 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) · 2026-04-01

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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 · 2026-09-24

What these figures mean

This site computed 134 therms from the registry's UEF, the ratio of hot water delivered to energy used, which is 0.83 for this model. It then applied the daily hot-water draw that DOE uses for the medium draw pattern. The registry does not publish this annual figure itself. It is a calculation, and it holds only at that test draw. The source is the DOE CCD, retrieved 2026-09-19. Real use in a home will differ with the household's actual hot-water demand and inlet water temperature. Neither is in the registry data. The method is set out in how the annual cost is calculated.

The unit sits 1 therms below the class median of 135 therms. That gap is small next to the median, so the unit is near the typical figure for its class. It ranks 28th lowest of 80 gas tankless models at the medium draw pattern, which is the second-lowest quarter of its class for energy use. The registry lists a maximum flow rate in gallons per minute of 3.3. That is a flow limit, not a measure of energy use. The 134 therms figure suits a household whose demand is close to the medium draw pattern. A household with much higher demand should not read it as its own use. This page does not estimate that higher figure.

Running cost depends on the average residential natural gas price in your state, so no cost is written here. To check it, multiply 134 therms by your own price per therm. The cost calculator on your own ZIP does this for you. Either result holds only at the medium draw pattern and the UEF of 0.83. The modeled installed-cost range for the HS120 appears in its own block with its source and date. It is a modeled range, not a quote. To compare against other units, look up a same-class replacement by model number.

DOE CCD · 2026-09-19

How this compares

The closest models in the same class — same fuel, type and draw pattern.


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