AVIVA ARBM188E4 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the AVIVA ARBM188E4
The AVIVA ARBM188E4 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 466 kWh a year, more expensive than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $88 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
Efficient, or not, for a refrigerator
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 20.7% above it, ranking 3,344 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. That average is drawn from all 4,704 refrigerators ENERGY STAR currently certifies, not an outside number, a $15/year gap from this model at the national rate. Full sourcing is in the sourcing notes.
Right next to it on the list
A rank or two either side of the AVIVA ARBM188E4: AVIVA ARBM187 ($88/yr, 466 kWh/yr), then Criterion CBMR187M4 ($88/yr, 466 kWh/yr).
Comparing AVIVA's own models
Ranked 7 of AVIVA's 10 certified refrigerators, this sits between the ARTM142 ($63/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the ARBM188E4 ($103/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the AVIVA ARBM188E4 that long and it costs about $1,139 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
At $88/year, this is on the expensive side for a refrigerator; the cheapest certified model in this category runs about $8/year, worth knowing before buying either the AVIVA ARBM188E4 or its replacement.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
If you're keeping it
A refrigerator like the AVIVA ARBM188E4 is a real household expense whether or not it needs replacing yet; a protection plan is one way to budget for a repair rather than a full replacement.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 3,344 of 4,704, the AVIVA ARBM188E4 sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math. The 466 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.