Preston home energy efficiency
January 2026
Residential buildings are energy-efficient. The average home energy rating in Preston postcode area is 65.7, D rating. This is by 0.2 worse score than the average home energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 80.2, C rating.
Preston homes by energy rating

| Energy rating | Preston | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| █ B | 11.3% | 11.5% |
| █ C | 61.1% | 60.8% |
| █ D | 11.7% | 11.8% |
| █ E | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| █ F | 2.8% | 2.6% |
| █ G | 0.8% | 0.8% |
Preston map of energy efficiency of properties

Preston homes by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | Preston | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 4.3% | 3.6% |
| █ B | 50.0% | 47.8% |
| █ C | 43.1% | 44.6% |
| █ D | 1.1% | 1.5% |
| █ E | 0.8% | 1.3% |
| █ F | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 0.5% | 0.7% |
Preston homes by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | Preston | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| █ poor | 7.1% | 8.2% |
| █ average | 27.4% | 25.3% |
| █ good | 52.9% | 56.4% |
| █ very good | 7.3% | 5.7% |
Preston homes by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | Preston | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 5.6% | 6.4% |
| █ poor | 2.1% | 3.0% |
| █ average | 8.0% | 9.8% |
| █ good | 81.7% | 76.7% |
| █ very good | 2.7% | 4.0% |
Preston homes by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | Preston | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 8.8% | 22.3% |
| █ poor | 21.7% | 15.9% |
| █ average | 15.0% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 44.0% | 38.0% |
| █ very good | 10.6% | 10.9% |
Preston homes by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | Preston | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 2.4% | 5.4% |
| █ poor | 3.8% | 4.7% |
| █ average | 54.0% | 50.4% |
| █ good | 30.0% | 30.1% |
| █ very good | 9.8% | 9.3% |
Preston homes by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Preston | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 6.6% | 7.5% |
| █ poor | 6.3% | 6.3% |
| █ average | 11.5% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 71.5% | 68.1% |
| █ very good | 4.0% | 5.2% |
Preston homes by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | Preston | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 11.4% | 10.5% |
| █ poor | 7.3% | 7.0% |
| █ average | 12.9% | 12.0% |
| █ good | 16.0% | 15.9% |
| █ very good | 52.3% | 54.6% |
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