Running cost for the Thermador T36BB120SS
ENERGY STAR certifies the Thermador T36BB120SS at 580 kWh/yr, one of the more expensive models in its category to run for its category.
The $109 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Thermador T36BB120SS against the category
That's 50.3% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,916 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 $36/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Thermador T36IB100SP ($109/yr, 580 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Thermador T36BB120SS. Thermador T36BB110SS ($109/yr, 580 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Thermador makes 54 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 41 of 54 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the T24IR905SP at $48/yr, and its priciest, the T48IT100NP at $126/yr.
What this adds up to over time
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Thermador T36BB120SS costs roughly $1,418 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Running above the category average, $109/year is exactly the kind of number that makes a newer, more efficient model pay for itself faster.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Thermador T36BB120SS ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
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 580 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.