Lab refrigerators and freezersENERGY STAR certified
Follett REFNAT5-GD
5 cu ft high performance refrigerator lab refrigerator.
Total volume
5 cu ft
Daily energy use
0.42 kWh/day
Form factor
Upright
NSF/ANSI 456 certified
No
Of 927 certified high performance refrigerator lab refrigerators and freezers, 10 have a lower daily energy use than the REFNAT5-GD (0.42 kWh/day).
At 0.42 kWh/day it uses about 153 kWh a year, roughly $20 at 13¢/kWh.
- Maker
- Follett
- Model
- REFNAT5-GD
- Type
- High Performance Refrigerator
- Form factor
- Upright
- Total volume
- 5 cu ft
- Doors
- 1
- Glass doors
- 1
- Defrost
- Variable
- Daily energy use
- 0.42 kWh/day
- NSF/ANSI 456 certified
- No
- Refrigerant
- R-600a
- On the market since
- Nov 2022
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 16 Jul 2025
Source: ENERGY STAR certified lab refrigerators and freezers dataset, US EPA, record 4478580, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
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