Lab refrigerators and freezersENERGY STAR certified
Thermo Scientific FBG-0505SA
4.6 cu ft high performance refrigerator lab refrigerator.
Total volume
4.6 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 FBG-0505SA (0.42 kWh/day).
At 0.42 kWh/day it uses about 153 kWh a year, roughly $20 at 13¢/kWh.
- Maker
- Thermo Scientific
- Model
- FBG-0505SA
- Type
- High Performance Refrigerator
- Form factor
- Upright
- Total volume
- 4.6 cu ft
- Doors
- 1
- Glass doors
- 0
- Defrost
- Automatic
- Daily energy use
- 0.42 kWh/day
- NSF/ANSI 456 certified
- No
- Refrigerant
- R-600a
- On the market since
- Apr 2026
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 23 Apr 2026
Source: ENERGY STAR certified lab refrigerators and freezers dataset, US EPA, record 4587310, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HYC-130GD | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 4.6 cu ft | 0.82 kWh/day |
| Haier HYC-130FD | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 4.6 cu ft | 0.42 kWh/day |
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| Helmer Scientific HLR105-GX | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 4.67 cu ft | 1.2 kWh/day |
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