Watford home energy efficiency
January 2026
Residential buildings are energetically very efficient. The average home energy rating in Watford postcode area is 67.5, D rating. This is by 1.5 better score than the average home energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 79.4, C rating.
Watford homes by energy rating

| Energy rating | Watford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| █ B | 14.4% | 11.5% |
| █ C | 60.9% | 60.8% |
| █ D | 11.3% | 11.8% |
| █ E | 11.3% | 12.2% |
| █ F | 1.7% | 2.6% |
| █ G | 0.4% | 0.8% |
Watford map of energy efficiency of properties

Watford homes by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | Watford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 1.6% | 3.6% |
| █ B | 48.5% | 47.8% |
| █ C | 46.8% | 44.6% |
| █ D | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| █ E | 1.1% | 1.3% |
| █ F | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 0.3% | 0.7% |
Watford homes by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | Watford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 2.7% | 4.5% |
| █ poor | 9.4% | 8.2% |
| █ average | 25.2% | 25.3% |
| █ good | 56.5% | 56.4% |
| █ very good | 6.1% | 5.7% |
Watford homes by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | Watford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| █ poor | 2.9% | 3.0% |
| █ average | 7.9% | 9.8% |
| █ good | 78.9% | 76.7% |
| █ very good | 3.1% | 4.0% |
Watford homes by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | Watford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 24.7% | 22.3% |
| █ poor | 17.3% | 15.9% |
| █ average | 9.0% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 35.3% | 38.0% |
| █ very good | 13.7% | 10.9% |
Watford homes by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | Watford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 3.7% | 5.4% |
| █ poor | 4.1% | 4.7% |
| █ average | 50.0% | 50.4% |
| █ good | 30.9% | 30.1% |
| █ very good | 11.2% | 9.3% |
Watford homes by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Watford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 6.2% | 7.5% |
| █ poor | 5.5% | 6.3% |
| █ average | 14.1% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 69.3% | 68.1% |
| █ very good | 4.8% | 5.2% |
Watford homes by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | Watford | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 12.2% | 10.5% |
| █ poor | 7.6% | 7.0% |
| █ average | 12.2% | 12.0% |
| █ good | 14.2% | 15.9% |
| █ very good | 53.8% | 54.6% |
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