What the Bevoi BVIREF7***** costs to run
The Bevoi BVIREF7***** is certified by ENERGY STAR at 344 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
The $65 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Bevoi BVIREF7***** against the category
That's 10.9% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 2,286 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. The category average comes from every refrigerator ENERGY STAR currently certifies (4,704 models), not an outside benchmark, about $8/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Bevoi BVIREF7B ($65/yr, 344 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Bevoi BVIREF7*****. Avanti AVRA7501BW ($65/yr, 344 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Bevoi lineup
Bevoi sells 7 certified refrigerators; this one runs cheapest of them, $19/year under the BVIREF18W, its priciest.
Cost over its typical lifespan
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Bevoi BVIREF7***** costs roughly $841 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Is it worth replacing?
The Bevoi BVIREF7***** is already efficient for its category at $65/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
Whether or not the Bevoi BVIREF7***** ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Ranked 2,286 of 4,704, the Bevoi BVIREF7***** 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 344 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.