New Zealand · costs in NZD
French door fridge freezer · 3 doors
Smeg BMAU30RI Fridge
Smeg BMAU30RI is a 449 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF4118).
- Total capacity
- 449 L
- 323 L fridge + 126 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 2.5
- Star rating index 2.70
- Annual electricity use
- 464 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $153 / year
- $12.76 / month · $1,531 over 10 years
30% more electricity than the median of 43 comparable 400–499 L french door fridge freezer registrations (356 kWh a year). It uses less than 5% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $36 a year more than the median, $356 over 10 years.
Uses 14% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (537 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 400–499 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.
Smeg BMAU30RI running cost
- Per month
- $12.76
- Per year
- $153
- 5 years
- $766
- 10 years
- $1,531
464 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
- 449 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 323 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 126 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 552 L
- fresh food compartment
- 267 L gross
- chill compartment
- 56 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 126 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 french door fridge freezers that use less electricity
Same type, total capacity within 12% of 449 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kogan KAT412BMFWB412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| TCL C440BFN412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| Kogan KAT412BMFWD412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| TCL C440BFC412 L249 kWh/yr | 5.5 | $82 | |
| Gaggenau RVB477190476 L310 kWh/yr | 5 | $102 |
Fridges similar to the Smeg BMAU30RI
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casa CASAFI439S 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 439 L | 3 | 447 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Casa CASAFI439B 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 439 L | 3 | 447 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Omega OIFDF439 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 439 L | 3 | 447 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Artusi AINT8900FDI 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 439 L | 2.5 | 490 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Artusi AINT8900FD 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 439 L | 3 | 449 | 2% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-CX450ER-ST-A same capacity, same door count | 450 L | 4 | 332 | same capacity, same door count |
| Mitsubishi Electric MR-CX450ER-BST-A same capacity, same door count | 450 L | 4 | 332 | same capacity, same door count |
| Fisher & Paykel RS80A1 7% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 417 L | 3 | 411 | 7% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 449 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
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Smeg BMAU30RI specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 3
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- –
- Height
- –
- Depth
- –
- Annual energy (label)
- 464 kWh
- Star rating index
- 2.702
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 537 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.841
- Country of manufacture
- China
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF4118
- GEMS registration id
- 180897
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 9 August 2031
- 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 25 September 2026; last checked 26 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.