Lab refrigerators and freezersENERGY STAR certified
Cardinal Health CHG5005SA
49 cu ft high performance refrigerator lab refrigerator.
Total volume
49 cu ft
Daily energy use
3.54 kWh/day
Form factor
Upright
NSF/ANSI 456 certified
Yes
Of 927 certified high performance refrigerator lab refrigerators and freezers, 888 have a lower daily energy use than the CHG5005SA (3.54 kWh/day).
At 3.54 kWh/day it uses about 1,292 kWh a year, roughly $168 at 13¢/kWh.
- Maker
- Cardinal Health
- Model
- CHG5005SA
- Type
- High Performance Refrigerator
- Form factor
- Upright
- Total volume
- 49 cu ft
- Doors
- 2
- Glass doors
- 0
- Defrost
- Automatic
- Daily energy use
- 3.54 kWh/day
- NSF/ANSI 456 certified
- Yes
- Refrigerant
- R-290
- On the market since
- Jul 2023
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 5 Dec 2025
Source: ENERGY STAR certified lab refrigerators and freezers dataset, US EPA, record 4517856, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thermo Fisher Scientific TSG5005GA | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 49 cu ft | 3.54 kWh/day |
| Fisher Brand FBG5005GA | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 49 cu ft | 3.54 kWh/day |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific TSG5005SA | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 49 cu ft | 3.54 kWh/day |
| Fisher Brand FBG5005SA | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 49 cu ft | 3.54 kWh/day |
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