North East home energy efficiency
January 2026
Residential buildings are energy-efficient. The average home energy rating in North East region is 66.5, D rating. This is by 0.5 better score than the average home energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 80.3, C rating.
North East homes by energy rating

| Energy rating | North East | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| █ B | 8.8% | 11.5% |
| █ C | 67.6% | 60.8% |
| █ D | 10.9% | 11.8% |
| █ E | 10.2% | 12.2% |
| █ F | 1.9% | 2.6% |
| █ G | 0.5% | 0.8% |
North East map of energy efficiency of properties

North East homes by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | North East | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 4.0% | 3.6% |
| █ B | 50.1% | 47.8% |
| █ C | 43.4% | 44.6% |
| █ D | 1.0% | 1.5% |
| █ E | 0.7% | 1.3% |
| █ F | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 0.7% | 0.7% |
North East homes by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | North East | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 9.4% | 4.5% |
| █ poor | 6.1% | 8.2% |
| █ average | 24.2% | 25.3% |
| █ good | 55.3% | 56.4% |
| █ very good | 5.0% | 5.7% |
North East homes by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | North East | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 3.1% | 6.4% |
| █ poor | 1.8% | 3.0% |
| █ average | 7.2% | 9.8% |
| █ good | 84.6% | 76.7% |
| █ very good | 3.2% | 4.0% |
North East homes by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | North East | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 13.4% | 22.3% |
| █ poor | 14.9% | 15.9% |
| █ average | 18.8% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 45.3% | 38.0% |
| █ very good | 7.6% | 10.9% |
North East homes by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | North East | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 4.2% | 5.4% |
| █ poor | 3.7% | 4.7% |
| █ average | 51.6% | 50.4% |
| █ good | 34.2% | 30.1% |
| █ very good | 6.3% | 9.3% |
North East homes by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | North East | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 4.0% | 7.5% |
| █ poor | 6.5% | 6.3% |
| █ average | 8.7% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 76.9% | 68.1% |
| █ very good | 3.8% | 5.2% |
North East homes by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | North East | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 11.7% | 10.5% |
| █ poor | 7.4% | 7.0% |
| █ average | 13.5% | 12.0% |
| █ good | 16.7% | 15.9% |
| █ very good | 50.6% | 54.6% |
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