upstreman BD116: running cost
The upstreman BD116 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 310 kWh a year, cheaper than most models in its category to run among refrigerators currently certified.
That $58 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
Against the category average of 386 kWh/yr, this model uses 19.7% less, ranking 1,829 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 $14/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 upstreman BD116: TRUARCTIC TARTM1224SV ($58/yr, 310 kWh/yr), then upstreman BD116-Black ($58/yr, 310 kWh/yr).
Same brand, different models
Ranked 92 of upstreman's 115 certified refrigerators, this sits between the FR17-Blue ($39/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the FD182-# ($86/yr, its priciest).
upstreman BD116 over 13 years
Over the 13-year service life NAHB reports for this category, running the upstreman BD116 costs roughly $758 in electricity, separate from the purchase price.
Shopping for a new one
Efficient as certified refrigerators go, $58/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the upstreman BD116 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a refrigerator, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
Where this number comes from
Two sourced numbers, nothing modeled: ENERGY STAR's certified kWh/yr for this exact model, and EIA's published state electricity rate. 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.