Liebherr MRB 3610: running cost
At 260 kWh/yr, the Liebherr MRB 3610's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the cheaper models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
That $49 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.
How the Liebherr MRB 3610 compares to other refrigerators
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 32.6% less, ranking 1,303 of 4,704 refrigerators tracked here for running cost. 4,704 certified refrigerators, one average, about $24/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Liebherr MRB 3610 on that list: Insignia NS-CF33WH6-C ($49/yr, 260 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Liebherr MRB3600 ($49/yr, 260 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Same brand, different models
Ranked 27 of Liebherr's 75 certified refrigerators, this sits between the UW3710 ($19/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FDBHC36S ($117/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
13 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $49/year, the Liebherr MRB 3610 adds up to about $635 in electricity over that span.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $49/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
Worth comparing a few current certified models before deciding.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Liebherr MRB 3610 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
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 260 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.