Preston house energy efficiency
January 2026
Houses are energy-efficient. The average house energy rating in Preston postcode area is 64.5, D rating. This is by 0.7 better score than the average house energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 81.5, B rating.
Preston houses by energy rating

| Energy rating | Preston | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| █ B | 10.4% | 8.2% |
| █ C | 58.9% | 58.7% |
| █ D | 13.3% | 14.2% |
| █ E | 13.4% | 14.5% |
| █ F | 3.1% | 3.2% |
| █ G | 0.8% | 0.9% |
Preston map of energy efficiency of houses

Preston houses by potential energy rating

| Potential energy rating | Preston | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 5.7% | 5.6% |
| █ B | 58.6% | 59.3% |
| █ C | 33.3% | 31.2% |
| █ D | 0.9% | 1.3% |
| █ E | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| █ F | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 0.6% | 1.1% |
Preston houses by main heating control energy efficiency

| Main heating control | Preston | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 5.4% | 4.4% |
| █ poor | 4.0% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 28.0% | 25.9% |
| █ good | 53.5% | 57.8% |
| █ very good | 9.0% | 7.1% |
Preston houses by main heating energy efficiency

| Main heat efficiency | Preston | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 1.4% | 1.8% |
| █ poor | 1.4% | 2.3% |
| █ average | 5.5% | 8.5% |
| █ good | 89.2% | 84.5% |
| █ very good | 2.5% | 2.9% |
Preston houses by walls energy efficiency

| Walls efficiency | Preston | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 8.5% | 22.5% |
| █ poor | 23.2% | 16.7% |
| █ average | 16.9% | 15.1% |
| █ good | 40.9% | 37.2% |
| █ very good | 10.6% | 8.5% |
Preston houses by windows energy efficiency

| Windows efficiency | Preston | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 1.9% | 3.5% |
| █ poor | 4.1% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 56.1% | 55.1% |
| █ good | 27.8% | 29.2% |
| █ very good | 10.2% | 7.3% |
Preston houses by hot water heating energy efficiency

| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Preston | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 3.1% | 3.7% |
| █ poor | 5.9% | 6.1% |
| █ average | 10.2% | 12.6% |
| █ good | 76.9% | 73.5% |
| █ very good | 3.9% | 4.0% |
Preston houses by lighting energy efficiency

| Lightning energy efficiency | Preston | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| █ poor | 7.8% | 7.9% |
| █ average | 13.6% | 13.0% |
| █ good | 16.5% | 17.0% |
| █ very good | 50.7% | 51.8% |
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