AVIVA ARTM142**: running cost
At 333 kWh/yr, the AVIVA ARTM142**'s ENERGY STAR certification puts it cheaper than most models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $63 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 13.7% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,213 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $10/year under it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is Avanti FF14D3S-4 ($63/yr, 333 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is BLACK DECKER BR1460HS ($63/yr, 333 kWh/yr).
Comparing AVIVA's own models
AVIVA sells 10 certified refrigerators; this one runs cheapest of them, $41/year under the ARBM188*E4, 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 ARTM142** that long and it costs about $814 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Shopping for a new one
The AVIVA ARTM142** is already efficient for its category at $63/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
The AVIVA ARTM142** already costs $63/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
The data behind this page
At rank 2,213 of 4,704 for running cost, see the refrigerator category page for the rest of the field, or the guide to how much your state matters. The 333 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.