Lab refrigerators and freezersENERGY STAR certified
Cardinal Health CHG1205SA
12.2 cu ft high performance refrigerator lab refrigerator.
Total volume
12.2 cu ft
Daily energy use
1.73 kWh/day
Form factor
Upright
NSF/ANSI 456 certified
Yes
Of 927 certified high performance refrigerator lab refrigerators and freezers, 662 have a lower daily energy use than the CHG1205SA (1.73 kWh/day).
At 1.73 kWh/day it uses about 631 kWh a year, roughly $82 at 13¢/kWh.
- Maker
- Cardinal Health
- Model
- CHG1205SA
- Type
- High Performance Refrigerator
- Form factor
- Upright
- Total volume
- 12.2 cu ft
- Doors
- 1
- Glass doors
- 0
- Defrost
- Automatic
- Daily energy use
- 1.73 kWh/day
- NSF/ANSI 456 certified
- Yes
- Refrigerant
- R-290
- On the market since
- Jul 2023
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 2 Dec 2025
Certified under the same record
The maker lists these as the same machine or a variant of it: CHG1205SD.
Source: ENERGY STAR certified lab refrigerators and freezers dataset, US EPA, record 4517393, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
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| Model | Type | Form factor | Total volume | Daily energy use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thermo Fisher Scientific TSG1205GA | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 12.2 cu ft | 1.73 kWh/day |
| Fisher Brand FBG1205GA | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 12.2 cu ft | 1.73 kWh/day |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific TSG1205SA | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 12.2 cu ft | 1.73 kWh/day |
| Fisher Brand FBG1205SA | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 12.2 cu ft | 1.73 kWh/day |
| Helmer Scientific ILR113-GX | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 12.3 cu ft | 2.69 kWh/day |
| Helmer Scientific HLR113-GX | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 12.3 cu ft | 2.47 kWh/day |
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