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French door fridge freezer · 4 doors
Linarie LSCD436MIR Fridge
Linarie LSCD436MIR is a 445 L french door fridge freezer registered under Australia’s Energy Rating (GEMS) scheme (registration ARF3113).
- Total capacity
- 445 L
- 300 L fridge + 145 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.53
- Annual electricity use
- 399 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $128 / year
- $10.64 / month · $1,277 over 10 years
10% more electricity than the median of 38 comparable 400–499 L french door fridge freezer registrations (363 kWh a year). It uses less than 37% of them. At 32c/kWh that is about $12 a year more than the median, $115 over 10 years.
Uses 26% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (540 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 400–499 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.
Linarie LSCD436MIR running cost
- Per month
- $10.64
- Per year
- $128
- 5 years
- $638
- 10 years
- $1,277
399 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
- 445 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 300 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 145 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 559 L
- fresh food compartment
- 300 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 145 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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Same type, total capacity within 12% of 445 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| TCL C440BFN412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $80 | |
| Kogan KAT412BMFWA412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $80 | |
| TCL TRF440BHB412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $80 | |
| Gaggenau RVB477190476 L310 kWh/yr | 5 | $99 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Mitsubishi Electric MR-LX442EX SERIES same capacity, same door count, similar star rating | 442 L | 4 | 329 | same capacity, same door count, similar star rating |
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| Kogan KAM431FRSFE 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 431 L | 3 | 418 | 3% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
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Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 445 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Linarie LSCD436MIR specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 4
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 785 mm
- Height
- 1,847 mm
- Depth
- 700 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 399 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.528
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 540 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.714
- Country of manufacture
- China
Australian GEMS registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3113
- GEMS registration id
- 154446
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 23 May 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia
- 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. Manufacturer: triomph-australia.com. How the derived figures are calculated.