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What NEA energy ticks actually mean for your power bill

Published 2 August 2026 · Written by Alan Refrigeration Services · Verified by Alan Law, Food Safety Specialist

Every regulated commercial fridge in Singapore carries an NEA energy label — one to five ticks. More ticks means less electricity for the same cold. The numbers below are not marketing: they come from the NEA registered goods database, which publishes tested annual consumption for every registered model.

Real numbers from the registry

ModelRatingAnnual energyEst. running cost
Berjaya 555L Upright Freezer 1FDUF-IV-Z-GN4 ticks1350 kWhS$365/yr
Berjaya 472L Upright Freezer 2DUF-IV-Z4 ticks1387 kWhS$374/yr
Fukushima Galilei 640L Upright Freezer ARN-124FXFA-SI2 ticks3245 kWhS$876/yr
Fukushima Galilei 805L Upright Freezer ARN-154FXA-SI2 ticks3281 kWhS$886/yr

Annual figures from the NEA registered goods database; running costs are the registry's estimates.

How to read this when you shop

A fridge runs 24 hours a day, every day, for eight to twelve years. A few hundred dollars a year of difference in running cost compounds into thousands over the machine's life — often more than the price gap between a low-tick and a high-tick unit. That is also why the Energy Efficiency Grant only supports efficient models: the grant and the power bill point the same way.

Every model page on this site shows the registry tick rating and estimated annual cost, and the model finder can sort by efficiency.

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