Lab refrigerators and freezersENERGY STAR certified
DAI Scientific Equipment DAI-HC-72
65.8 cu ft high performance refrigerator lab refrigerator.
Total volume
65.8 cu ft
Daily energy use
3.71 kWh/day
Form factor
Upright
NSF/ANSI 456 certified
No
Of 927 certified high performance refrigerator lab refrigerators and freezers, 896 have a lower daily energy use than the DAI-HC-72 (3.71 kWh/day).
At 3.71 kWh/day it uses about 1,354 kWh a year, roughly $176 at 13¢/kWh.
- Maker
- DAI Scientific Equipment
- Model
- DAI-HC-72
- Type
- High Performance Refrigerator
- Form factor
- Upright
- Total volume
- 65.8 cu ft
- Doors
- 3
- Glass doors
- 3
- Defrost
- Manual
- Daily energy use
- 3.71 kWh/day
- NSF/ANSI 456 certified
- No
- Refrigerant
- R-290
- On the market since
- Dec 2018
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 9 Jun 2025
Certified under the same record
The maker lists these as the same machine or a variant of it: DAI-HC-72-TS.
Source: ENERGY STAR certified lab refrigerators and freezers dataset, US EPA, record 4430189, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biomedical Solutions, Inc. BSI-HC-72 | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 65.8 cu ft | 3.71 kWh/day |
| LabRepCo, LLC LHT-72-HG | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 65.8 cu ft | 3.71 kWh/day |
| Lab Research Products LRP-HC-72 | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 65.8 cu ft | 3.71 kWh/day |
| VWR International VWR-HC-72 | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 65.8 cu ft | 3.71 kWh/day |
| Thermo Scientific TSV72RPGA | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 68.5 cu ft | 4.08 kWh/day |
| Fisher Scientific FBV72RPGA | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 68.5 cu ft | 4.08 kWh/day |
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| DAI-HC-UCFS-0120 | High Performance Freezer | Upright | 1.76 cu ft | 0.75 kWh/day |
| DAI-HC-UCBI-0420 | High Performance Freezer | Upright | 4.02 cu ft | 0.97 kWh/day |