Business computersENERGY STAR certified
Apple MacBook Air 15 in. with M5
32 GB notebook computer, model number A3448.
Memory
32 GB
Processor
M5
Typical electricity use
9.3 kWh/yr
NPU installed
No
Of 980 certified notebook business computers, 98 have a lower typical electricity use than the MacBook Air 15 in. with M5 (9.3 kWh/yr).
Its certified typical electricity use of 9.3 kWh/yr costs about $1.21 a year at 13¢/kWh.
ENERGY STAR has certified this model 2 times, first in Feb 2026. The figures here are from the most recent certification.
- Maker
- Apple
- Model
- MacBook Air 15 in. with M5
- Model number
- A3448
- Type
- Notebook
- Processor
- M5
- CPU cores
- 10
- Memory
- 32 GB
- NPU installed
- No
- Storage
- SDD
- Screen
- 15.3 in
- Battery
- 0 Wh
- Operating system
- MacOS
- Marketed as a workstation
- No
- Typical electricity use
- 9.3 kWh/yr
- Power in sleep
- 0.3 W
- Power at long idle
- 0.7 W
- Power when off
- 0.1 W
- On the market since
- Mar 2026
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 3 Mar 2026
Source: ENERGY STAR certified business computers dataset, US EPA, record 4572860, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
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