Lab refrigerators and freezersENERGY STAR certified
Midea MC-5L126
4.56 cu ft high performance refrigerator lab refrigerator.
Total volume
4.56 cu ft
Daily energy use
1.54 kWh/day
Form factor
Upright
NSF/ANSI 456 certified
Yes
Of 927 certified high performance refrigerator lab refrigerators and freezers, 554 have a lower daily energy use than the MC-5L126 (1.54 kWh/day).
At 1.54 kWh/day it uses about 562 kWh a year, roughly $73 at 13¢/kWh.
- Maker
- Midea
- Model
- MC-5L126
- Type
- High Performance Refrigerator
- Form factor
- Upright
- Total volume
- 4.56 cu ft
- Doors
- 1
- Glass doors
- 1
- Defrost
- Automatic
- Daily energy use
- 1.54 kWh/day
- NSF/ANSI 456 certified
- Yes
- Refrigerant
- R-600a
- On the market since
- Jun 2025
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 1 Aug 2025
Source: ENERGY STAR certified lab refrigerators and freezers dataset, US EPA, record 4481040, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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