Lab refrigerators and freezersENERGY STAR certified
PHCbi PR-L5181GW-PA
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 PR-L5181GW-PA (0.42 kWh/day).
At 0.42 kWh/day it uses about 153 kWh a year, roughly $20 at 13¢/kWh.
- Maker
- PHCbi
- Model
- PR-L5181GW-PA
- Type
- High Performance Refrigerator
- Form factor
- Upright
- Total volume
- 5 cu ft
- Doors
- 1
- Glass doors
- 1
- Defrost
- Manual
- Daily energy use
- 0.42 kWh/day
- NSF/ANSI 456 certified
- No
- Refrigerant
- R-600a
- On the market since
- Jan 2023
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 14 Feb 2025
Source: ENERGY STAR certified lab refrigerators and freezers dataset, US EPA, record 3995401, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Follett REFNAT5-SD | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 5 cu ft | 0.31 kWh/day |
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| Marvel MSRE224-WS81A | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 4.91 cu ft | 0.33 kWh/day |
| Marvel MSRE224-WG81A | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 4.91 cu ft | 0.61 kWh/day |
| True Refrigeration TSCI-150PR-SWS-R-WW-1A | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 4.72 cu ft | 0.78 kWh/day |
| True Refrigeration TSCI-150PR-SWG-R-WW-1A | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 4.72 cu ft | 1.03 kWh/day |
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| MPR-S300H-PA | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 12.3 cu ft | 1.49 kWh/day |
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| PF-L5181W-PA | General Purpose Freezer | Upright | 5 cu ft | 0.66 kWh/day |