Technical information

Using a dishwasher

Washing by hand

Saving water to save energy

It’s a popular misconception that washing up by hand saves water, but the ﬁgures speak

for themselves. Most of our dishwashers use as little as 7 litres of water per wash! On

average, that’s an incredible 53 litres of water less, per load, than washing up by hand.

And the energy required to heat all that washing-up water? More than thrice as much as

a Siemens Zeolite® dishwasher uses on an economy 50°C wash programme.

* The energy required to heat 60 litres of water (washing up by hand) from 15°C to 55°C is around 2.4kWh while

the energy used by an SN56V594EU dishwasher is 0.67kWh for an economy 50°C wash programme.

DISHWASHER

Water Energy

60L

0.67kWh

2.4kWh

Saving

11%

Saving 21%

Saving 30%

Source: BSH Bosch and Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH

Consumption per load/place setting

1997: 12 place settings

2012: 13 place settings

0.10

kWh

0.05

kWh

1.33

Litre

0.54

Litre

127