Lab refrigerators and freezersENERGY STAR certified
Midea MD-40L518
17.7 cu ft high performance freezer lab refrigerator.
Total volume
17.7 cu ft
Daily energy use
1.65 kWh/day
Form factor
Upright
NSF/ANSI 456 certified
No
Of 114 certified high performance freezer lab refrigerators and freezers, 37 have a lower daily energy use than the MD-40L518 (1.65 kWh/day).
At 1.65 kWh/day it uses about 602 kWh a year, roughly $78 at 13¢/kWh.
- Maker
- Midea
- Model
- MD-40L518
- Type
- High Performance Freezer
- Form factor
- Upright
- Total volume
- 17.7 cu ft
- Doors
- 2
- Glass doors
- 0
- Defrost
- Manual
- Daily energy use
- 1.65 kWh/day
- NSF/ANSI 456 certified
- No
- Refrigerant
- R-290
- On the market since
- May 2026
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 15 Jun 2026
Certified under the same record
The maker lists these as the same machine or a variant of it: Reported at -30 �C and -40 �C.
Source: ENERGY STAR certified lab refrigerators and freezers dataset, US EPA, record 4652894, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
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