Blomberg BRFB1045WH Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Blomberg BRFB1045WH
At 286 kWh/yr, the Blomberg BRFB1045WH's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $54 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 25.9% less, ranking 1,623 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 $19/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 Blomberg BRFB1045WH: Blomberg BRFB1045SS ($54/yr, 286 kWh/yr), then Commercial Cool CCUC1640GB ($54/yr, 286 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 2 of Blomberg's 21 certified refrigerators, this sits between the BRFB1045SS ($54/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the BRFD2230XSS2 ($106/yr, its priciest).
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Blomberg BRFB1045WH costs roughly $699 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $54/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
The Blomberg BRFB1045WH already costs $54/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Where this number comes from
Ranked 1,623 of 4,704, the Blomberg BRFB1045WH 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 286 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.