Australia · costs in AUD
Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) · 1 door
Haier HRF220VW Fridge
Haier HRF220VW is a 223 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3654).
- Total capacity
- 223 L
- 209 L fridge + 14 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.55
- Annual electricity use
- 129 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $41 / year
- $3.44 / month · $413 over 10 years
33% less electricity than the median of 8 comparable 200–299 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) registrations (193 kWh a year). It uses less than 88% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $20 a year less than the median, $205 over 10 years.
Uses 65% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (364 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 200–299 L wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance) 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.
Haier HRF220VW running cost
- Per month
- $3.44
- Per year
- $41
- 5 years
- $206
- 10 years
- $413
129 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
- 223 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 209 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 14 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 234 L
- freezer compartment
- 14 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 209 L gross
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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 223 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Haier HRF220VW specifications
- Type
- Wine or drinks cabinet (cooled appliance)
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 545 mm
- Height
- 1,380 mm
- Depth
- 562 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 129 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.545
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 364 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.551
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3654
- GEMS registration id
- 171459
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 29 July 2030
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Cooled appliance
- Product class
- Class 3
- GEMS group
- Group 3: refrigerator with a short-term frozen food compartment, manual defrost
- Regulatory standard
- Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Household Refrigerating Appliances) Determination 2019
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- Designated a cooled appliance by the registrant
Source: Australian Government Energy Rating (GEMS) registration data, DCCEEW via data.gov.au (CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.