Blue Air ice machine, ENERGY STAR certified
Blue Air BLMD-500AD
463 lb/day ice making head ice machine.
Harvest rate
463 lb/day
Ice type
Batch
Energy per 100 lb of ice
4.39 kWh
Water per 100 lb of ice
18 gal
Of 304 certified ice making head ice machines, 31 have a lower energy per 100 lb of ice than the BLMD-500AD (4.39 kWh).
- Maker
- Blue Air
- Model
- BLMD-500AD
- Type
- Ice Making Head
- Ice type
- Batch
- Harvest rate
- 463 lb/day
- Energy per 100 lb of ice
- 4.39 kWh
- Water per 100 lb of ice
- 18 gal
- Refrigerant
- R-290
- Connected
- No
- On the market since
- May 2026
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 29 Apr 2026
Certified under the same record
The maker lists these as the same machine or a variant of it: BLMD-500A, Dice, Short width, BLMH-500A, Half Dice, BLMH-500AD, Long width.
Source: ENERGY STAR certified ice machines dataset, US EPA, record 4594634, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
Other makers
Machines comparable to the BLMD-500AD
Certified ice machines from other makers, same color class, within 20% of its speed.
| Model | Type | Ice type | Harvest rate | Energy per 100 lb of ice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manitowoc IYT0620A-161 | Ice Making Head | Batch | 465 lb/day | 4.87 kWh |
| Scotsman NH0622AX-1A | Ice Making Head | Continuous | 466 lb/day | 4.83 kWh |
| True Refrigeration TCIM-522-FA1-A~*-# | Ice Making Head | Batch | 460 lb/day | 4.4 kWh |
| True Refrigeration TCIM-530-LA1-A~*-# | Ice Making Head | Batch | 460 lb/day | 4.25 kWh |
| Scotsman NS0622AX-1A | Ice Making Head | Continuous | 471 lb/day | 5.04 kWh |
| Hoshizaki KM-520MAJ | Ice Making Head | Batch | 450 lb/day | 5.25 kWh |
Blue Air
More Blue Air ice machines
| Model | Type | Ice type | Harvest rate | Energy per 100 lb of ice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLUN-120A | Self Contained Unit | Continuous | 91 lb/day | 9.8 kWh |
| BLUN-120A-P | Self Contained Unit | Continuous | 95 lb/day | 9.88 kWh |
| BLMD-650AD | Ice Making Head | Batch | 524 lb/day | 4.58 kWh |