New Zealand · costs in NZD
Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Haier HRF318BW Fridge
Haier HRF318BW is a 309 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3467).
- Total capacity
- 309 L
- 229 L fridge + 80 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.51
- Annual electricity use
- 254 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $84 / year
- $6.98 / month · $838 over 10 years
13% less electricity than the median of 59 comparable 300–399 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (293 kWh a year). It uses less than 80% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $13 a year less than the median, $129 over 10 years.
Uses 47% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (476 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 300–399 L bottom-mount 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.
Haier HRF318BW running cost
- Per month
- $6.98
- Per year
- $84
- 5 years
- $419
- 10 years
- $838
254 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
- 309 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 229 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 80 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 372 L
- freezer compartment
- 80 L gross
- fresh food compartment
- 229 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.
Similar bottom-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 309 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| V-zug CCO6T-51149282 L173 kWh/yr | 6 | $57 | |
| Miele KFN 4375 DD edt/cs330 L194 kWh/yr | 6 | $64 | |
| Liebherr SCNsdh 5253332 L194 kWh/yr | 6 | $64 | |
| Whirlpool WB3260IUXX290 L195 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $64 | |
| Whirlpool WB3260IU**290 L195 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $64 |
Fridges similar to the Haier HRF318BW
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whirlpool WB3560EUBL 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 313 L | 5 | 220 | 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Whirlpool WB3560EU** 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 313 L | 5 | 220 | 1% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RS6019BRU1 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 303 L | 5 | 244 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Ikea ALINGSÅS 80567961 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating | 316 L | 4 | 298 | 2% larger, same door count, similar star rating |
| Midea MDRB424FGF02AP same capacity, same door count | 309 L | 3 | 345 | same capacity, same door count |
| Westinghouse WBB3100** same capacity, same door count | 308 L | 3.5 | 310 | same capacity, same door count |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 309 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Haier models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haier HRF340BS2315 L375 kWh/yr | 2.5 | $124 | |
| Haier HRF340B Series315 L375 kWh/yr | 2.5 | $124 |
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Haier HRF318BW specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 623 mm
- Height
- 1,635 mm
- Depth
- 670 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 254 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.505
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 476 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.683
- Country of manufacture
- India
Other model numbers on registration ARF3467
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3467
- GEMS registration id
- 164931
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 22 October 2029
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- HRF318B Series
- 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 one or two 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.