Bevoi BVIREF7 Running Cost (Refrigerator)
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.