Model
Gorenje DNPAHPU
Rank #55 means 54 of the 615 clothes dryer models we track cost less to run each year; the 90th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 90% of those models.
What does the Gorenje DNPAHPU cost to run per year?
The Gorenje DNPAHPU holds rank #55 of 615 on running cost, at about $53 a year, a genuinely cheap result for the class. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 90 means the low running cost is not just a function of size; it is genuinely efficient for its class. At a CEF of 3, its combined energy factor is the single figure that best explains how it earns its running-cost number.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Summit SLDHP344 at $53/yr runs a little cheaper and the Lg WKHC202H*A at $55/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A clothes dryer typically stays in service for somewhere around 13 years; over that span, the Gorenje DNPAHPU's $53/yr adds up to roughly $689 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Breda LUDH92700.
By the numbers
The Gorenje DNPAHPU normalized against its whole class, so each figure means something.
What it costs you over time
Running cost is an every-year number, so it compounds. At $53/yr, here is what the Gorenje DNPAHPU adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Gorenje DNPAHPU costs about $530. That is roughly $600 less than the class median, which would run closer to $1130 over the same ten years.
How the Gorenje DNPAHPU compares
The clothes dryer class we track runs from $23 to $128 a year. At $53/yr, it runs about $60 a year cheaper than the class median of $113, and it is about $30 a year more than the cheapest clothes dryer to run at $23.
What drives its running cost
At 4.2 cu ft, the Gorenje DNPAHPU is a small clothes dryer for its class, which spans 3.8 to 9.2 cu ft with a median of 7.4 cu ft, and smaller clothes dryer models generally cost less to run for the same job, all else being equal. The CEF of 3 on this model, below the class median of 3.93, measures combined energy factor; it is the number to compare directly against another model's CEF if capacity is similar.
- Heat source and Combined Energy Factor (CEF). Heat-pump dryers recycle heat instead of generating it fresh with a resistance coil, and typically use meaningfully less electricity per load than a conventional resistance dryer, at the cost of a longer cycle; CEF is the federal figure that captures this.
- Drum capacity. A larger drum can dry a bigger load per cycle, but it also usually needs more energy per cycle to heat the extra air volume.
Common questions
Is the Gorenje DNPAHPU cheap to run?
Yes. Its $53/yr running cost puts it at rank #55 of 615, below what most clothes dryer models we track cost to run.
How much does the Gorenje DNPAHPU cost per month?
About $4.38 a month, which is the $53 annual estimate spread across twelve months at the US average rate of $0.1856/kWh. Your own bill scales with your local electricity rate and how heavily you use it.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
The formula is annual kWh times price per kWh: 283 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $53 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Gorenje DNPAHPU for its size?
90th percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is a real factor in the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 58 | Summit SLDHP3444.2 cu ft | $53 |
| 57 | Summit LBDHP2444.2 cu ft | $53 |
| 56 | Breda BRDH9270024.2 cu ft | $53 |
| 55 | Breda LUDH927004.2 cu ft | $53 |
| 54 | Summit LDHP244.2 cu ft | $53 |
Source
ES_1147102_DNPAHPU_01142025103242_80240415View certified clothes dryer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Gorenje and DNPAHPU are used here for identification only and are not endorsements. Figures are computed by WattWise Labs from public ENERGY STAR data, not measured in our own lab.