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Bottom-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Ilve ILREF256I/R2 Fridge
Ilve ILREF256I/R2 is a 244 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3147).
- Total capacity
- 244 L
- 177 L fridge + 67 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.03
- Annual electricity use
- 300 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $99 / year
- $8.25 / month · $990 over 10 years
23% more electricity than the median of 55 comparable 200–299 L bottom-mount fridge freezer registrations (244 kWh a year). It uses less than 20% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $18 a year more than the median, $185 over 10 years.
Uses 36% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (472 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 200–299 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.
Ilve ILREF256I running cost
- Per month
- $8.25
- Per year
- $99
- 5 years
- $495
- 10 years
- $990
300 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
- 244 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 177 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 67 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 298 L
- fresh food compartment
- 151 L gross, 206 L net
- chill compartment
- 26 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 67 L gross, 53 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.
Similar bottom-mount fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 244 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher & Paykel RB6018BRV269 L132 kWh/yr | 7 | $44 | |
| Liebherr ICNh5103253 L175 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $58 | |
| Miele KFNS 7784 D254 L175 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $58 | |
| Liebherr ICNh 5103253 L175 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $58 | |
| Miele KFNS 7734 D253 L176 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $58 |
Fridges similar to the Ilve ILREF256I
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artusi AINT3000 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 244 L | 3 | 300 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Casa CASAFI244B same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 244 L | 3 | 300 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Eurotech ED-IFF190L same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 244 L | 3 | 300 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Casa CASAFI244S same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 244 L | 3 | 300 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Inalto IIFF241 same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 244 L | 3 | 300 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Omega OBMF243FI same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 242 L | 3 | 280 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Euro E276IF same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 242 L | 3 | 280 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Euro E276IFBE same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 242 L | 3 | 280 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 244 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Ilve ILREF256I specifications
- Type
- Bottom-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Compressor run-time controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 540 mm
- Height
- 1,769 mm
- Depth
- 550 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 300 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.030
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 472 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 1.005
- Country of manufacture
- China
Other model numbers on registration ARF3147
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3147
- GEMS registration id
- 154833
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 26 June 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- ILREF256I/*2
- 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.