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French door fridge freezer · 3 doors
Artusi AINT9100FD Fridge
Artusi AINT9100FD is a 546 L french door fridge freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3263).
- Total capacity
- 546 L
- 389 L fridge + 157 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Star rating index 2.94
- Annual electricity use
- 500 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $160 / year
- $13.33 / month · $1,600 over 10 years
23% more electricity than the median of 72 comparable 500–599 L french door fridge freezer registrations (406 kWh a year). It uses less than 4% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $30 a year more than the median, $301 over 10 years.
Uses 19% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (619 kWh a year MEPS level).
Cost = label kWh × 32c/kWh in AUD; change the price above to your tariff.
How efficient is it for its size?
Cohort: every currently registered 500–599 L french door fridge freezer sold in Australia, counted once per registration. Star ratings already account for size through the GEMS adjusted-volume formula; this comparison is in raw kWh against models a buyer would actually consider instead.
Artusi AINT9100FD running cost
- Per month
- $13.33
- Per year
- $160
- 5 years
- $800
- 10 years
- $1,600
500 kWh × 32c/kWh. No inflation or tariff change assumed. Fridges run continuously, so the label figure is a whole-year estimate under standard test conditions.
Capacity and compartments
- Total gross volume
- 546 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 389 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 157 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 672 L
- freezer compartment
- 157 L gross, 50 L net
- chill compartment
- 31 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 358 L gross, 206 L net
Gross volumes exclude shelving. Fresh food = fresh food, chill and cellar compartments; frozen = freezer, two-star and ice-making (zero-star) compartments. Adjusted volume weights frozen space more heavily and is what the government uses to set the star rating for the size.
Similar french door fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 546 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $96 | |
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $96 | |
| Omega OIF4DF526PRO526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $96 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANX1511 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $100 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANUB1511 L313 kWh/yr | 5 | $100 |
Fridges similar to the Artusi AINT9100FD
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miele KF 2981 Vi 1% larger, same door count, similar external size | 552 L | 3.5 | 434 | 1% larger, same door count, similar external size |
| Hisense HRFD537SW same capacity, same door count | 544 L | 4 | 408 | same capacity, same door count |
| Hisense HRFD535BW same capacity, same door count | 541 L | 4 | 408 | same capacity, same door count |
| Liebherr ECBN 6256 4% smaller, similar external size, similar star rating | 522 L | 2.5 | 487 | 4% smaller, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Kogan KAMFREN522F 4% smaller, same door count | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | 4% smaller, same door count |
| Kogan KAMFREN522* 4% smaller, same door count | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | 4% smaller, same door count |
| Westinghouse WQE5400SD same capacity | 547 L | 4 | 382 | same capacity |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 546 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Artusi models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artusi AINT9100FDIW546 L500 kWh/yr | 2.5 | $160 |
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Artusi AINT9100FD specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 3
- Defrost
- Fixed time controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 908 mm
- Height
- 2,123 mm
- Depth
- 592 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 500 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.935
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 619 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.745
- Country of manufacture
- China
Related Artusi model numbers starting with AINT9100FD
1 model numbers on 1 other registration. Variants registered separately can carry different star ratings and energy figures; check the registration number on the label.
| Model | Registration | Stars | kWh / yr | Registration expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AINT9100FDIW | ARF3268 | 2.5 | 500 | 3 February 2029 |
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3263
- GEMS registration id
- 159399
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 31 January 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 6
- GEMS group
- Group 5B: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, bottom-mounted freezer
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Household Refrigerating Appliances) Determination 2019
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- GEMS group 5B (frost-free fridge freezer, bottom-mounted freezer) with three or more doors
Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.