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Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Living & CO BCD-280WEVPH-53H Fridge
Living & CO BCD-280WEVPH-53H is a 278 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ZRF0779).
- Total capacity
- 278 L
- 210 L fridge + 68 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 4.5
- Star rating index 4.52
- Annual electricity use
- 236 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $78 / year
- $6.49 / month · $779 over 10 years
13% less electricity than the median of 49 comparable 200–299 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (272 kWh a year). It uses less than 71% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $12 a year less than the median, $119 over 10 years.
Uses 35% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (361 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 top-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.
Living & CO BCD-280WEVPH-53H running cost
- Per month
- $6.49
- Per year
- $78
- 5 years
- $389
- 10 years
- $779
236 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
- 278 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 210 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 68 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 331 L
- fresh food compartment
- 210 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 68 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 278 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chiq CTM252NSS5E255 L200 kWh/yr | 5 | $66 | |
| Chiq CTM254NB5E255 L200 kWh/yr | 5 | $66 | |
| Mykin MTM266W266 L228 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $75 | |
| Esatto ETM266B266 L228 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $75 | |
| Esatto ETM266W266 L228 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $75 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vogue 352297 7% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 297 L | 4 | 273 | 7% larger, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Solt GGSTM266** 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 266 L | 4.5 | 228 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Esatto ETM266W 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 266 L | 4.5 | 228 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Solt GGSTM266W1 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 266 L | 4.5 | 228 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Esatto ETM266B 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 266 L | 4.5 | 228 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Mykin MTM266* 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 266 L | 4.5 | 228 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Mykin MTM266B 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 266 L | 4.5 | 228 | 4% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
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Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 278 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Living & CO BCD-280WEVPH-53H specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Compressor run-time controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 599 mm
- Height
- 1,517 mm
- Depth
- 653 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 236 kWh
- Star rating index
- 4.519
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 361 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.712
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ZRF0779
- GEMS registration id
- 145631
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- n/a (NZ registration)
- Registered for sale in
- New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Designation
- Refrigerator/freezer
- Product class
- Class 5
- GEMS group
- Group 5T: refrigerator-freezer, automatic defrost, top-mounted freezer
- Regulatory standard
- EE Amendment Regulations 2025 Schedule 2E
- Test standard
- AS/NZS IEC 62552.3:2018
- Consumer type rule
- GEMS group 5T (frost-free fridge freezer, top-mounted freezer)
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. Manufacturer: galanz.com. How the derived figures are calculated.