Bosch B36IT905NP Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the Bosch B36IT905NP
The Bosch B36IT905NP is certified by ENERGY STAR at 579 kWh a year, one of the more expensive models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $109 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
The category average is 386 kWh/yr; this model runs 50% above it, ranking 3,897 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 $36/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 Bosch B36IT905NP: VITARA VFFR2103ESE ($108/yr, 577 kWh/yr), then Gaggenau RY492705 ($109/yr, 579 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 20 of Bosch's 38 certified refrigerators, this sits between the B30IR905SP ($52/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the B36FD52SN ($132/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $109/year, the Bosch B36IT905NP adds up to about $1,415 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
The Bosch B36IT905NP runs above its category average. If the refrigerator you actually own is older still, likely well past ENERGY STAR's efficiency baseline when it was made, a current certified model could cost meaningfully less than this model's $109/year every year.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
The Bosch B36IT905NP already costs $109/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
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 579 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.