Model
Commercial Cool CCUC1640GB
Rank #337 means 336 of the 622 freezer models we track cost less to run each year; the 73rd efficiency percentile means it uses less energy for its size than 73% of those models.
What does the Commercial Cool CCUC1640GB cost to run per year?
The Commercial Cool CCUC1640GB costs about $80 a year to run, a fairly typical figure for the class; it ranks #337 of 622. It uses 10% less energy than the U.S. federal standard model in its class, which would cost about $89/yr to run, a saving of roughly $9 a year. Efficiency-wise, once size is accounted for, it edges out 73% of the class, a modestly above-average showing. This class has no published efficiency-factor figure beyond annual kWh itself, so at 16.4 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 Avanti AV160VFK0W at $80/yr runs a little cheaper and the Commercial Cool CCUC1640GS at $80/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 Commercial Cool CCUC1640GB's $80/yr adds up to roughly $1120 in electricity alone, before purchase price or repairs.
Also sold as: Avanti AV160VFK0W.
By the numbers
The Commercial Cool CCUC1640GB 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 $80/yr, here is what the Commercial Cool CCUC1640GB adds up to before purchase price, water, or repairs enter the math.
Left running for a decade at today's US average rate, the Commercial Cool CCUC1640GB costs about $800. That is roughly $90 less than a standard model in its class, which would run closer to $890 over the same ten years.
How the Commercial Cool CCUC1640GB compares
The freezer class we track runs from $25 to $120 a year. At $80/yr, it runs about $5 a year above the class median of $75, and it is about $55 a year more than the cheapest freezer to run at $25. Against the US federal standard model for its class at about $89/yr, the Commercial Cool CCUC1640GB uses 10% less energy.
What drives its running cost
At 16.4 cu ft, the Commercial Cool CCUC1640GB is a large freezer for its class, which spans 1.1 to 23 cu ft with a median of 13.8 cu ft, size is usually the single biggest lever behind a running-cost figure, and at this end of the range there is more capacity to service, which tends to push the number up.
- 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 Commercial Cool CCUC1640GB cheap to run?
Roughly, yes. Its $80/yr figure is close to the class median, ranking #337 of 622, neither a bargain nor a splurge on running cost.
How much does the Commercial Cool CCUC1640GB cost per month?
About $6.64 a month, which is the $80 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: 429 kWh from ENERGY STAR times the US average of $0.1856/kWh comes to about $80 a year. It covers electricity only, not the purchase price, water, or installation.
How efficient is the Commercial Cool CCUC1640GB for its size?
73rd percentile once size is factored in, a fairly typical result for the class.
Cheaper to run in the same class
| Rank | Model | Cost/yr |
|---|---|---|
| 337 | Avanti AV160VFK0W16.4 cu ft | $80 |
| 336 | Thermador T18ID905LP7.8 cu ft | $79 |
| 335 | Thermador T18ID900RP7.8 cu ft | $79 |
| 334 | Thermador T18ID900LP7.8 cu ft | $79 |
| 333 | Miele F 2472 Vi7.8 cu ft | $79 |
Source
ES_1126486_CCUC1640GB_03212025113312_80247617View certified freezer listingsENERGY STAR data as of July 2026Commercial Cool and CCUC1640GB 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.