Liebherr FDE36S Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Liebherr FDE36S: running cost
ENERGY STAR certifies the Liebherr FDE36S at 488 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $92 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Where this ranks
That's 26.4% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,467 of 4,704 certified refrigerators for annual running cost, 1 being cheapest. Every one of the 4,704 currently-certified refrigerators feeds that average, putting this model about $19/year over it. See how it's calculated on the how it is calculated page.
The closest alternatives by cost
Sorted by running cost among refrigerators, one step cheaper is Liebherr FDBI36S ($92/yr, 488 kWh/yr), and one step pricier is Miele KFFD 6867 obsw/matt ($92/yr, 488 kWh/yr).
Comparing Liebherr's own models
Liebherr makes 75 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 47 of 75 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the UW3710 at $19/yr, and its priciest, the FDBHC36S at $117/yr.
Cost over its typical lifespan
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the Liebherr FDE36S that long and it costs about $1,193 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
Running above the category average, $92/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Liebherr FDE36S ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
The data behind this page
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 488 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.