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French door fridge freezer · 3 doors
Artusi AINT9100FDIW Fridge
Artusi AINT9100FDIW is a 546 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3268).
- 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
- $165 / year
- $13.75 / month · $1,650 over 10 years
23% more electricity than the median of 74 comparable 500–599 L french door fridge freezer registrations (406 kWh a year). It uses less than 4% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $31 a year more than the median, $310 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 × 33c/kWh in NZD; 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 New Zealand, 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 AINT9100FDIW running cost
- Per month
- $13.75
- Per year
- $165
- 5 years
- $825
- 10 years
- $1,650
500 kWh × 33c/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.
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Same type, total capacity within 12% of 546 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omega OIFDF534534 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Omega OIF4DF526PRO526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Ilve R96BICDAU526 L300 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $99 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANX1511 L312 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 | |
| Fisher & Paykel RF505ANU series511 L313 kWh/yr | 5 | $103 |
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| 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 KAMFREN522B 4% smaller, same door count | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | 4% smaller, same door count |
| Kogan KAMFREN522A 4% smaller, same door count | 522 L | 4.5 | 358 | 4% smaller, same door count |
| Westinghouse WQE5400BD 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 AINT9100FD546 L500 kWh/yr | 2.5 | $165 |
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Artusi AINT9100FDIW specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 3
- Defrost
- Fixed time controller
- Ice maker
- No
- 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
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3268
- GEMS registration id
- 159355
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 3 February 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: E3 programme registration data (EECA, New Zealand) (trans-Tasman E3 registration data published by DCCEEW on data.gov.au, CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.