upstreman BD311-Silver Running Cost (Refrigerator)
Running cost for the upstreman BD311-Silver
ENERGY STAR certifies the upstreman BD311-Silver at 320 kWh/yr, cheaper than most models in its category to run for its category.
The $60 figure above uses the simple average of all 51 published state rates. Pick your state for the real number.
upstreman BD311-Silver against the category
That's 17.1% below the refrigerator category average of 386 kWh/yr, and ranks 1,994 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 $12/year below that average at the national rate. See the methodology page.
What sits beside it in the ranking
upstreman BD311-White ($60/yr, 320 kWh/yr) costs a little more to run than the upstreman BD311-Silver. upstreman BD311 ($60/yr, 320 kWh/yr) costs a little less.
Within the upstreman lineup
upstreman makes 115 ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators; this one ranks 100 of 115 for running cost, between the brand's cheapest, the FR17-Blue at $39/yr, and its priciest, the FD182-# at $86/yr.
upstreman BD311-Silver over 13 years
NAHB's Study of Life Expectancy of Home Components puts a typical refrigerator's service life at 13 years; run the upstreman BD311-Silver that long and it costs about $782 in electricity, on top of whatever it cost to buy.
Weighing a replacement
The upstreman BD311-Silver is already efficient for its category at $60/year. If you're shopping and comparing options, this is roughly what a well-chosen new refrigerator costs to run.
Compare current ENERGY STAR certified refrigerators before buying.
Protecting what you have
Whether or not the upstreman BD311-Silver 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 320 kWh/yr is ENERGY STAR's own certified figure for this model. Ranked 1,994 of 4,704, the upstreman BD311-Silver sits in the middle of the refrigerator category, see the guide to why your state changes this number for the other half of the math.