Consumer and Vehicles

ENERGY STAR clothes dryers: typical energy use

683 clothes dryer listings currently carry the ENERGY STAR certification — residential clothes dryers certified under ENERGY STAR. Here is the typical range and the most efficient model on record, straight from the U.S. EPA's own product-finder dataset.

Certified models

683

Catalog average

572 kWh

Most efficient model

Bosch WQB245AXUC

122 kWh

clothes dryers: most efficient, average and least efficient certified modelThree bars comparing the most efficient, the catalog average and the least efficient ENERGY STAR-certified clothes dryer, out of 683 listings.Most efficient122 kWhCatalog average572 kWhLeast efficient687 kWh
Source: data.energystar.gov (dataset t9u7-4d2j), collected 2026-10-09. Own chart.

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Como ler este número

What the number measures

This is the annual energy use reported under the U.S. DOE test procedure for clothes dryers — a standardized lab test, not a measurement from a real home.

De onde vem o dado

data.energystar.gov, collected 2026-10-09

Figures come straight from the U.S. EPA's own Socrata dataset (dataset t9u7-4d2j), under the EPA Data License. Last model added to this category: 2026-10-01.

Cuidado

ENERGY STAR only covers certified models

This list only includes clothes dryer models the manufacturer submitted for certification — it is not every clothes dryer sold in the U.S., and a model being absent does not mean it is inefficient. Figures are per year, under lab conditions; your own bill depends on size, settings and how much you use it.

O que fazer com isso

Check a specific model yourself

Open the raw dataset or search the brand and model number directly on the manufacturer's own EnergyGuide label before buying.

How big is the certified clothes dryer market?

As of 2026-10-01, 683 clothes dryer listings carry the ENERGY STAR certification — residential clothes dryers certified under ENERGY STAR. It is a smaller, more specialized list than categories like refrigerators or dishwashers, which makes individual model specs more worth comparing one by one.

What is a typical clothes dryer annual energy use?

Certified clothes dryers range from 122 kWh to 687 kWh a year — more than a 6x spread, mostly driven by size and features (capacity, ice makers, smart controls, variable-speed compressors). The average across the whole certified list is 572 kWh a year, but that number means little without matching it to the size of unit you actually need.

Which certified clothes dryer uses the least energy?

The most efficient model in the dataset is the Bosch WQB245AXUC, at 122 kWh a year — close to the catalog minimum of 122 kWh. "Most efficient" here is a single data point, not a buying recommendation: capacity, features and price matter too.

Glossário: os termos desta página

ENERGY STAR

ENERGY STAR is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program that certifies appliance models meeting a set energy-efficiency threshold. Certification is voluntary for manufacturers and does not cover every model on the market.

Fonte: ENERGY STAR Product Finder — U.S. EPA.

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Source: data.energystar.gov (dataset t9u7-4d2j), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under the EPA Data License. Collected 2026-10-09. "ENERGY STAR" is used here as the plain-text name of the EPA program, not as a logo or endorsement of any brand.