Lab refrigerators and freezersENERGY STAR certified
So-Low Environmental DH4-49GD
49 cu ft high performance refrigerator lab refrigerator.
Total volume
49 cu ft
Daily energy use
3.16 kWh/day
Form factor
Upright
NSF/ANSI 456 certified
No
Of 927 certified high performance refrigerator lab refrigerators and freezers, 869 have a lower daily energy use than the DH4-49GD (3.16 kWh/day).
At 3.16 kWh/day it uses about 1,153 kWh a year, roughly $150 at 13¢/kWh.
- Maker
- So-Low Environmental
- Model
- DH4-49GD
- Type
- High Performance Refrigerator
- Form factor
- Upright
- Total volume
- 49 cu ft
- Doors
- 2
- Glass doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable
- Daily energy use
- 3.16 kWh/day
- NSF/ANSI 456 certified
- No
- Refrigerant
- R-290
- On the market since
- Dec 2017
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 2 Feb 2018
Certified under the same record
The maker lists these as the same machine or a variant of it: DH4-49GDCH, DH4-49GDCH-SS, DH4-49GDSS, EC4-49GD.
Source: ENERGY STAR certified lab refrigerators and freezers dataset, US EPA, record 4480309, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LabRepCo, LLC LABL-49-HG | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 49 cu ft | 3.16 kWh/day |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific TSG5005GA | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 49 cu ft | 3.54 kWh/day |
| Cardinal Health CHG5005GA | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 49 cu ft | 3.54 kWh/day |
| Fisher Brand FBG5005GA | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 49 cu ft | 3.54 kWh/day |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific TSG5005SA | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 49 cu ft | 3.54 kWh/day |
| Cardinal Health CHG5005SA | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 49 cu ft | 3.54 kWh/day |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| DH4-45SGD | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 45 cu ft | 3.21 kWh/day |
| DH4-10GD | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 10 cu ft | 1.45 kWh/day |
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| DH4-27GD | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 27 cu ft | 2.26 kWh/day |
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| DH4-23GD | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 23 cu ft | 2.25 kWh/day |