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French door fridge freezer · 3 doors
Sub-Zero ICBCL4250UFDID Series Fridge
Sub-Zero ICBCL4250UFDID Series is a 699 L french door fridge freezer registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration ARF3005).
- Total capacity
- 699 L
- 520 L fridge + 179 L freezer
- Energy rating
- 3.5
- Star rating index 3.85
- Annual electricity use
- 476 kWh
- Label figure (comparative energy consumption)
- Estimated running cost
- $157 / year
- $13.09 / month · $1,571 over 10 years
5% less electricity than the median of 43 comparable 600–699 L french door fridge freezer registrations (501 kWh a year). It uses less than 65% of them. At 33c/kWh that is about $8 a year less than the median, $83 over 10 years.
Uses 30% less than the maximum allowed for its size and type under the minimum energy performance standard (676 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 600–699 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.
Sub-Zero ICBCL4250UFDID Series running cost
- Per month
- $13.09
- Per year
- $157
- 5 years
- $785
- 10 years
- $1,571
476 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
- 699 L
- Fresh food (fridge) volume
- 520 L
- Frozen storage volume
- 179 L
- GEMS adjusted volume
- 840 L
- fresh food compartment
- 520 L gross
- freezer compartment
- 179 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 699 L, at least 3% lower annual kWh.
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| LG GF-B705MBL665 L394 kWh/yr | 5 | $130 | |
| Panasonic NR-XY680L618 L395 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $130 | |
| Panasonic NR-XY680L618 L395 kWh/yr | 4.5 | $130 | |
| Sub-Zero ICBPRO3650*/**660 L429 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $142 | |
| Sub-Zero ICBPRO3650/LH660 L429 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $142 |
Fridges similar to the Sub-Zero ICBCL4250UFDID Series
| Model | Capacity | Stars | kWh / yr | Why similar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midea MDRF923FIM45APM 1% larger, similar star rating | 706 L | 4 | 500 | 1% larger, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RF730QNUVX1 1% smaller, similar star rating | 690 L | 4 | 463 | 1% smaller, similar star rating |
| Fisher & Paykel RF730QZUVB1 1% smaller, similar star rating | 690 L | 4 | 463 | 1% smaller, similar star rating |
| Hisense HRFD635SW 9% smaller, same door count, similar star rating | 635 L | 3 | 526 | 9% smaller, same door count, similar star rating |
| LG GF-B700* 5% smaller, similar star rating | 665 L | 4 | 460 | 5% smaller, similar star rating |
| Samsung Electronics SRF7300BA 7% smaller, similar star rating | 649 L | 3.5 | 522 | 7% smaller, similar star rating |
Same consumer type, total capacity within 12% of 699 L; ordered by closeness of capacity, then lowest annual kWh.
Other Sub-Zero models of similar size
| Model | Stars | Est. cost / yr | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sub-Zero ICBPRO3650G/LH660 L429 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $142 | |
| Sub-Zero ICBPRO3650*/**660 L429 kWh/yr | 3.5 | $142 |
Compare ICBCL4250UFDID Series with another fridge
Sub-Zero ICBCL4250UFDID Series specifications
- Type
- French door fridge freezer
- Configuration
- Upright
- Doors
- 3
- Defrost
- Variable defrost controller
- Ice maker
- No
- Width
- 1,067 mm
- Height
- 2,134 mm
- Depth
- 610 mm
- Annual energy (label)
- 476 kWh
- Star rating index
- 3.853
- MEPS level (maximum allowed)
- 676 kWh
- kWh per adjusted litre
- 0.567
- Country of manufacture
- United States of America
Other model numbers on registration ARF3005
Registered together with the same test results, usually colour or finish variants.
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- ARF3005
- GEMS registration id
- 151909
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 12 January 2028
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- ICBCL4250UFDID 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
- IEC 62552-3:2015
- 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. Manufacturer: au.subzero-wolf.com. How the derived figures are calculated.