Lab refrigerators and freezersENERGY STAR certified
VWR International, LLC. VWR-HC-PL-49
43.2 cu ft high performance refrigerator lab refrigerator.
Total volume
43.2 cu ft
Daily energy use
2.38 kWh/day
Form factor
Upright
NSF/ANSI 456 certified
No
Of 927 certified high performance refrigerator lab refrigerators and freezers, 698 have a lower daily energy use than the VWR-HC-PL-49 (2.38 kWh/day).
At 2.38 kWh/day it uses about 869 kWh a year, roughly $113 at 13¢/kWh.
- Maker
- VWR International, LLC.
- Model
- VWR-HC-PL-49
- Type
- High Performance Refrigerator
- Form factor
- Upright
- Total volume
- 43.2 cu ft
- Doors
- 2
- Glass doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Automatic
- Daily energy use
- 2.38 kWh/day
- NSF/ANSI 456 certified
- No
- Refrigerant
- R-600a
- On the market since
- May 2023
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 17 Aug 2023
Certified under the same record
The maker lists these as the same machine or a variant of it: VWR-HC-PLD-49-TS.
Source: ENERGY STAR certified lab refrigerators and freezers dataset, US EPA, record 4518247, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corepoint Scientific NSBR492WSGCR/0 | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 43.2 cu ft | 2.38 kWh/day |
| American BioTech Supply ABT-HC-PL-49 | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 43.2 cu ft | 2.38 kWh/day |
| Celsius Scientific CEL-HC-BB-49 | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 43.2 cu ft | 2.38 kWh/day |
| Lab Research Products LRP-HC-PL-49 | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 43.2 cu ft | 2.38 kWh/day |
| Labrepco, Inc. LPVT-49-HG | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 43.2 cu ft | 2.38 kWh/day |
| Biomedical Solutions, Inc. BSI-HC-RI-49 | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 43.2 cu ft | 2.38 kWh/day |
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