Brighton home energy efficiency
January 2026
Residential buildings are ordinary efficient. The average home energy rating in Brighton postcode area is 65.1, D rating. This is by 0.9 worse score than the average home energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 78.2, C rating.
Brighton homes by energy rating

| Energy rating | Brighton | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| █ B | 8.7% | 11.5% |
| █ C | 62.0% | 60.8% |
| █ D | 12.6% | 11.8% |
| █ E | 13.3% | 12.2% |
| █ F | 2.6% | 2.6% |
| █ G | 0.7% | 0.8% |
Brighton map of energy efficiency of properties

Brighton homes by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | Brighton | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 2.3% | 3.6% |
| █ B | 40.2% | 47.8% |
| █ C | 53.2% | 44.6% |
| █ D | 1.8% | 1.5% |
| █ E | 1.6% | 1.3% |
| █ F | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 0.5% | 0.7% |
Brighton homes by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | Brighton | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 3.4% | 4.5% |
| █ poor | 11.4% | 8.2% |
| █ average | 26.3% | 25.3% |
| █ good | 54.4% | 56.4% |
| █ very good | 4.5% | 5.7% |
Brighton homes by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | Brighton | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 7.8% | 6.4% |
| █ poor | 3.3% | 3.0% |
| █ average | 10.2% | 9.8% |
| █ good | 75.1% | 76.7% |
| █ very good | 3.6% | 4.0% |
Brighton homes by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | Brighton | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 19.4% | 22.3% |
| █ poor | 27.6% | 15.9% |
| █ average | 13.7% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 31.3% | 38.0% |
| █ very good | 7.9% | 10.9% |
Brighton homes by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | Brighton | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 11.9% | 5.4% |
| █ poor | 7.5% | 4.7% |
| █ average | 49.6% | 50.4% |
| █ good | 24.2% | 30.1% |
| █ very good | 6.8% | 9.3% |
Brighton homes by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Brighton | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 10.3% | 7.5% |
| █ poor | 5.6% | 6.3% |
| █ average | 11.8% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 67.0% | 68.1% |
| █ very good | 5.3% | 5.2% |
Brighton homes by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | Brighton | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 11.3% | 10.5% |
| █ poor | 8.3% | 7.0% |
| █ average | 13.1% | 12.0% |
| █ good | 16.0% | 15.9% |
| █ very good | 51.4% | 54.6% |
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