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Bar fridge · 1 door
Licensing Essentials BC-40D Fridge
Licensing Essentials BC-40D is a 34 L bar fridge registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF2912).
- Total capacity
- 34 L
- 34 L fridge
- Energy rating
- 1.5
- Star rating index 1.59
- Annual electricity use
- 121 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $39 / year
- $3.23 / month · $387 over 10 years
21% more electricity than the median of 167 comparable Under 200 L bar fridge registrations (100 kWh a year). It uses less than 29% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $7 a year more than the median, $67 over 10 years.
Uses 36% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (189 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 Under 200 L bar fridge 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.
Licensing Essentials BC-40D running cost
- Per month
- $3.23
- Per year
- $39
- 5 years
- $194
- 10 years
- $387
121 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
- 34 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 34 L
- Frozen storage volume
- –
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 34 L
- fresh food compartment
- 34 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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Licensing Essentials BC-40D specifications
- Type
- Bar fridge
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 1
- Defrost
- –
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 440 mm
- Height
- 830 mm
- Depth
- 440 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 121 kWh
- Star rating index
- 1.592
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 189 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 3.559
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF2912
- GEMS registration id
- 149296
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 29 August 2027
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator
- Product class
- Class 2
- GEMS group
- Group 2: refrigerator with or without an ice-making 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 refrigerator (GEMS groups 1 to 3) with a total volume under 200 L
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. Manufacturer: licensingessentials.com.au. How the derived figures are calculated.