{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-efficiency-refrigerators-and-freezers-regulations-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-efficiency-refrigerators-and-freezers-regulations-1997/schedule-1/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1941",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Efficiency (Refrigerators and Freezers) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-efficiency-refrigerators-and-freezers-regulations-1997",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The maximum allowable electricity consumption (Emax, expressed in kWh per 24 hours calculated to two decimal places) for an appliance type with adjusted volume Vadj shall be defined by the following equations for each appliance category:\nCategory\nDescription\nEmax (kWh/24 h)\n1\nRefrigerator without low temperature compartment\n(0.207 × Vadj + 218)/365\n2\nRefrigerator/chiller with compartment at 5°C and/or 12°C\n(0.207 × Vadj + 218)/365\n3\nRefrigerator with no-star low temperature compartment\n(0.207 × Vadj + 218)/365\n4\nRefrigerator with low temperature compartment (*)\n(0.557 × Vadj + 166)/365\n5\nRefrigerator with low temperature compartment (**)\n(0.402 × Vadj + 219)/365\n6\nRefrigerator with low temperature compartment (***)\n(0.573 × Vadj + 206)/365\n7\nRefrigerator/freezer, with freezer compartment (****)\n(0.697 × Vadj + 272)/365\n8\nFood freezer, upright\n(0.434 × Vadj + 262)/365\n9\nFood freezer, chest\n(0.480 × Vadj + 195)/365\nFor refrigerators/freezers with more than two doors, or other appliances not covered above, the maximum allowable electricity consumption (Emax) shall be determined by the temperature and the star rating of the compartment with the lowest temperature, as follows:\nTemperature of the coldest compartment\nCategory\nEmax (kWh/24 hours)\n> − 6°C\n1/2/3\n(0.207 × Vadj + 218)/365\n≤ − 6°C (*)\n4\n(0.557 × Vadj + 166)/365\n≤ − 12°C (**)\n5\n(0.402 × Vadj + 219)/365\n≤ − 18°C (***)\n6\n(0.573 × Vadj + 206)/365\n≤ − 18°C (****)\n7\n(0.697 × Vadj + 272)/365",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1941/schedule/1/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:58:40.715628+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}