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Brio water cooler, ENERGY STAR certified

Brio CLBL520SCBLK

Bottle - bottom load water cooler.

Type

Hot, Cook, and Cold Unit

Daily energy use

0.76 kWh/day

Cold water capacity

0.74

Refrigerant

R-134a

Of 54 certified bottle - bottom load water coolers, 41 have a lower daily energy use than the CLBL520SCBLK (0.76 kWh/day).

At 0.76 kWh/day it uses about 277 kWh a year, roughly $36 at 13¢/kWh.

Maker
Brio
Model
CLBL520SCBLK
Type
Bottle - Bottom Load
Type
Hot, Cook, and Cold Unit
Conditioning
Conditioned Storage
Capacity class
High Capacity
Cold water capacity
0.74
Daily energy use
0.76 kWh/day
Refrigerant
R-134a
On the market since
Jul 2022
ENERGY STAR certified
4 Aug 2022

Certified under the same record

The maker lists these as the same machine or a variant of it: CLBL420, CLBL420V2, CLBL520SC, CLBL720SC, CLBL720SCBLK, CLBL720SCX, CLBL720SCXBLK, CLBL720SCZ, CLBL720SCZBLK, CLBL730SC, CLBL730SCBLK, CLBL730SCSP, CLBL730SCX, CLBL730SCXBLK.

Source: ENERGY STAR certified water coolers dataset, US EPA, record 2399537, data build 2026-09-29. Figures are as the maker certified them. How we use this data.

Other makers

Machines comparable to the CLBL520SCBLK

Certified water coolers from other makers, same color class, within 20% of its speed.

ModelTypeTypeDaily energy use
Primo 601202Bottle - Bottom LoadHot and Cold0.76 kWh/day
LAGO CLBL320BSCBottle - Bottom LoadHot and Cold0.76 kWh/day
GTW 1237BHCBottle - Bottom LoadHot and Cold0.76 kWh/day
Primo 601090Bottle - Bottom LoadHot, Cook, and Cold Unit0.76 kWh/day
LAGO CLBL520SCBLKBottle - Bottom LoadHot, Cook, and Cold Unit0.76 kWh/day
Crystal Mountain ABFM2KHK1CFBottle - Bottom LoadHot and Cold0.77 kWh/day

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