Bosch B36IT100NP Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Bosch B36IT100NP
ENERGY STAR certifies the Bosch B36IT100NP at 599 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $113 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Bosch B36IT100NP against the category
That's 55.2% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 4,068 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 $40/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Gaggenau RVY497790 ($113/yr, 599 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Bosch B36IT100NP. Bosch B36BT130NS ($113/yr, 599 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the Bosch lineup
Bosch makes 38 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 24 of 38 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the B30IR905SP at $52/yr, and its priciest, the B36FD52SN at $132/yr.
Bosch B36IT100NP over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Bosch B36IT100NP that long and it costs about $1,464 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Is it worth replacing?
At $113/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 Bosch B36IT100NP or its replacement.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
Protecting what you have
The Bosch B36IT100NP already costs $113/year to run; a repair bill on top of that is the kind of expense a protection plan exists to smooth out.
Sourcing
The full Refrigerator category page shows all 4,704 refrigerators ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 599 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.