Lab refrigerators and freezersENERGY STAR certified
VWR International VWR-HC-49S
45.3 cu ft high performance refrigerator lab refrigerator.
Total volume
45.3 cu ft
Daily energy use
2.48 kWh/day
Form factor
Upright
NSF/ANSI 456 certified
No
Of 927 certified high performance refrigerator lab refrigerators and freezers, 784 have a lower daily energy use than the VWR-HC-49S (2.48 kWh/day).
At 2.48 kWh/day it uses about 905 kWh a year, roughly $118 at 13¢/kWh.
- Maker
- VWR International
- Model
- VWR-HC-49S
- Type
- High Performance Refrigerator
- Form factor
- Upright
- Total volume
- 45.3 cu ft
- Doors
- 2
- Glass doors
- 0
- Defrost
- Manual
- Daily energy use
- 2.48 kWh/day
- NSF/ANSI 456 certified
- No
- Refrigerant
- R-290
- On the market since
- Feb 2019
- ENERGY STAR certified
- 19 Jun 2025
Certified under the same record
The maker lists these as the same machine or a variant of it: VWR-HC-49S-TS, VWR-HC-SLS-49.
Source: ENERGY STAR certified lab refrigerators and freezers dataset, US EPA, record 4439107, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American BioTech Supply ABT-HC-LP-49 | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 45.3 cu ft | 2.48 kWh/day |
| American BioTech Supply ABT-HC-49S | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 45.3 cu ft | 2.48 kWh/day |
| Ares Scientific ARS-HC-49S | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 45.3 cu ft | 2.48 kWh/day |
| Ares Scientific ARS-HC-CP-49 | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 45.3 cu ft | 2.48 kWh/day |
| Biomedical Solutions, Inc. BSI-HC-49S | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 45.3 cu ft | 2.48 kWh/day |
| Biomedical Solutions, Inc. BSI-HC-CP-49 | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 45.3 cu ft | 2.48 kWh/day |
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| VWR-HCLP-49 | High Performance Refrigerator | Upright | 45.3 cu ft | 2.48 kWh/day |
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| HCUCBI0420 | High Performance Freezer | Upright | 4.02 cu ft | 0.97 kWh/day |
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| VWR-HC-MFP-20 | High Performance Freezer | Upright | 19.1 cu ft | 2.08 kWh/day |