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Top-mount fridge freezer · 2 doors
Living & CO HD-325FWEN Fridge
Living & CO HD-325FWEN is a 236 L top-mount fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ZRF0770).
- Total capacity
- 236 L
- 176 L fridge + 60 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3
- Star rating index 3.04
- Annual electricity use
- 289 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $95 / year
- $7.95 / month · $954 over 10 years
6% more electricity than the median of 49 comparable 200–299 L top-mount fridge freezer registrations (272 kWh a year). It uses less than 25% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $6 a year more than the median, $56 over 10 years.
Uses 18% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (353 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 HD-325FWEN running cost
- Per month
- $7.95
- Per year
- $95
- 5 years
- $477
- 10 years
- $954
289 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
- 236 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 176 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 60 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 283 L
- fresh food compartment
- 176 L gross, 176 L net
- freezer compartment
- 60 L gross, 60 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 236 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Haier HRF210T Series208 L201 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $66 | |
| Heller HFF243 series243 L215 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $71 |
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| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duos DFR236TMFW same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 236 L | 3 | 289 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| TECO TFF236SNTDM same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 236 L | 3 | 289 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
| Midea MDRT346MTF28AP same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating | 236 L | 3 | 289 | same capacity, same door count, similar external size, similar star rating |
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Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 236 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Living & CO HD-325FWEN specifications
- Type
- Top-mount fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 2
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- –
- Width
- 545 mm
- Height
- 1,522 mm
- Depth
- 610 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 289 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.039
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 353 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 1.021
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ZRF0770
- GEMS registration id
- 143749
- 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: midea.com. How the derived figures are calculated.