Model
Elica EC36SLA20IPR
Rank #606 means 605 of the 622 freezer models we track cost less to run each year; the 50th efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 50% of those models.
What does the Elica EC36SLA20IPR cost to run per year?
The Elica EC36SLA20IPR costs about $117 a year to run, near the very top of the cost table for its class at rank #606 of 622. It uses 10% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $128/yr to run, a saving of roughly $11 a year. Its size-adjusted efficiency percentile of 50 lands in the middle of the pack once capacity is accounted for. This class has no published efficiency-factor figure beyond annual kWh itself, so at 20 cu ft (the class spans 1.1 to 23), size is the clearest lever we can point to for this model's running cost.
Immediately around it on the leaderboard, the Bertazzoni REF36FCBIPNP at $117/yr runs a little cheaper and the Fulgor Milano FM6CF36IFBI at $117/yr runs a little more, a sense of how tightly models are packed at this point in the ranking. A freezer typically stays in service for somewhere around 14 years; over that span, the Elica EC36SLA20IPR's $117/yr adds up to roughly $1638 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Bertazzoni REF36FCBIPNP.
By the numbers
The Elica EC36SLA20IPR normalized against its whole class, so each figure means something.
What it costs you over time
Running cost is an every-year number, so it compounds. At $117/yr, here is what the Elica EC36SLA20IPR adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Elica EC36SLA20IPR costs about $1170. That is roughly $110 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $1280 over the same ten years.
How the Elica EC36SLA20IPR compares
The freezer class we track runs from $25 to $120 a year. At $117/yr, it runs about $42 a year above the class median of $75, and it is about $92 a year more than the cheapest freezer to run at $25. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $128/yr, the Elica EC36SLA20IPR uses 10% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 20 cu ft, the Elica EC36SLA20IPR is a large freezer for its class, which spans 1.1 to 23 cu ft with a median of 13.8 cu ft, among freezer models, bigger capacity is the most common reason a running-cost figure lands on the high side, all else being equal.
- Interior volume. As with refrigerators, more cubic feet of frozen storage generally means a bigger compressor and a higher annual energy figure.
- Insulation and defrost type. Better-insulated cabinets lose less cold to the surrounding room, and frost-free (automatic-defrost) freezers run a periodic heating element that a manual-defrost model does not.
- Chest vs upright design. Door orientation affects how much cold air escapes per opening: top-opening chest designs generally hold cold better than front-opening upright ones.
Common questions
Is the Elica EC36SLA20IPR cheap to run?
Its $117/yr running cost, rank #606 of 622, is above what most freezer models we track cost to run, so this is not one of the cheaper picks on electricity alone.
How much does the Elica EC36SLA20IPR cost per month?
About $9.74 a month, which is the $117 annual estimate spread across twelve months at the US average rate of $0.1856/kWh. Your own bill scales with your local electricity rate and how heavily you use it.
How is this running-cost figure calculated?
The formula is annual kWh times price per kWh: 630 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $117 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Elica EC36SLA20IPR for its size?
50th percentile once size is factored in. That means its size-adjusted efficiency is a real factor in the running-cost figure above; its capacity plays a large role too.
Cheaper to run in the same class
Source
ES_1145610_EC36SLA20IPR_04232025105314_2945367View certified freezer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Elica and EC36SLA20IPR are used here for identification only and are not endorsements. Figures are computed by WattWise Labs from public ENERGY STAR data, not measured in our own lab.