Commercial Cool CCUC1640GW Running Cost (Freezer)
Commercial Cool CCUC1640GW: running cost
At 429 kWh/yr, the Commercial Cool CCUC1640GW's ENERGY STAR certification puts it about average for its category to run against every other certified freezer.
The $81 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Commercial Cool CCUC1640GW against the category
That's 7% above the freezer category average of 401 kWh/yr, and ranks 354 of 658 certified freezers for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every freezer ENERGY STAR currently certifies (658 models), not an outside benchmark, about $5/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
ELLIPSE EFVC16S ($81/yr, 429 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Commercial Cool CCUC1640GW. Commercial Cool CCUC1640GS ($81/yr, 429 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Comparing Commercial Cool's own models
Among Commercial Cool's 6 certified freezers, this is the priciest to run, $14/year over the CCUC1110GB, the brand's cheapest.
Lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components does not publish a figure for freezers, so no lifetime cost is shown here rather than a guessed one. The annual and monthly figures above stand on their own.
Weighing a replacement
The Commercial Cool CCUC1640GW is already efficient for its category at $81/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new freezer costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified freezers before buying.
Protecting what you have
$81/year to run is the predictable cost of the Commercial Cool CCUC1640GW; a protection plan covers the unpredictable one, a repair bill.
Sourcing
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. The full Freezer category page shows all 658 freezers ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance.