Durham county home energy efficiency
January 2026
Residential buildings are energy-efficient. The average home energy rating in Durham county county is 66.3, D rating. This is by 0.3 better score than the average home energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 81.2, B rating.
Durham county homes by energy rating

| Energy rating | Durham county | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| █ B | 8.7% | 11.5% |
| █ C | 67.2% | 60.8% |
| █ D | 11.0% | 11.8% |
| █ E | 10.4% | 12.2% |
| █ F | 2.0% | 2.6% |
| █ G | 0.6% | 0.8% |
Durham county map of energy efficiency of properties

Durham county homes by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | Durham county | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 4.4% | 3.6% |
| █ B | 55.5% | 47.8% |
| █ C | 37.7% | 44.6% |
| █ D | 0.8% | 1.5% |
| █ E | 0.6% | 1.3% |
| █ F | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 0.7% | 0.7% |
Durham county homes by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | Durham county | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 8.2% | 4.5% |
| █ poor | 5.2% | 8.2% |
| █ average | 23.6% | 25.3% |
| █ good | 58.0% | 56.4% |
| █ very good | 5.0% | 5.7% |
Durham county homes by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | Durham county | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 2.2% | 6.4% |
| █ poor | 1.5% | 3.0% |
| █ average | 6.3% | 9.8% |
| █ good | 86.8% | 76.7% |
| █ very good | 3.2% | 4.0% |
Durham county homes by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | Durham county | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 13.8% | 22.3% |
| █ poor | 12.7% | 15.9% |
| █ average | 18.9% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 47.1% | 38.0% |
| █ very good | 7.5% | 10.9% |
Durham county homes by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | Durham county | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 3.0% | 5.4% |
| █ poor | 3.2% | 4.7% |
| █ average | 54.0% | 50.4% |
| █ good | 33.9% | 30.1% |
| █ very good | 6.0% | 9.3% |
Durham county homes by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Durham county | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 3.4% | 7.5% |
| █ poor | 6.3% | 6.3% |
| █ average | 8.1% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 78.6% | 68.1% |
| █ very good | 3.6% | 5.2% |
Durham county homes by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | Durham county | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 11.0% | 10.5% |
| █ poor | 7.2% | 7.0% |
| █ average | 13.1% | 12.0% |
| █ good | 16.6% | 15.9% |
| █ very good | 52.1% | 54.6% |
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