What the Thermador T36IB902SP costs to run
At 531 kWh/yr, the Thermador T36IB902SP's ENERGY STAR certification puts it one of the more expensive models in its category to run against every other certified refrigerator.
The $100 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
Thermador T36IB902SP against the category
That's 37.6% above the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 3,611 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 $27/year above that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
Fisher & Paykel RF170A***J** ($100/yr, 532 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the Thermador T36IB902SP. Thermador T36IB900SP ($100/yr, 531 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Same brand, different models
Thermador makes 54 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 33 of 54 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the T24IR905SP at $48/yr, and its priciest, the T48IT100NP at $126/yr.
Thermador T36IB902SP over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the Thermador T36IB902SP costs roughly $1,298 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
The Thermador T36IB902SP 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 $100/year every year.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the Thermador T36IB902SP ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Sourcing
Nothing here is estimated from a nameplate wattage; the 531 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. 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.