Reading home energy efficiency
January 2026
Residential buildings are energetically very efficient. The average home energy rating in Reading postcode area is 67.6, D rating. This is by 1.7 better score than the average home energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 80.2, C rating.
Reading homes by energy rating
| Energy rating | Reading | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| █ B | 14.6% | 11.5% |
| █ C | 62.3% | 60.8% |
| █ D | 10.1% | 11.8% |
| █ E | 10.2% | 12.2% |
| █ F | 2.1% | 2.6% |
| █ G | 0.5% | 0.8% |
Reading map of energy efficiency of properties
Reading homes by potential energy rating
| Potential energy rating | Reading | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 4.5% | 3.6% |
| █ B | 50.1% | 47.8% |
| █ C | 41.9% | 44.6% |
| █ D | 1.4% | 1.5% |
| █ E | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| █ F | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 0.7% | 0.7% |
Reading homes by main heating control energy efficiency
| Main heating control | Reading | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| █ poor | 9.1% | 8.2% |
| █ average | 24.3% | 25.3% |
| █ good | 56.2% | 56.4% |
| █ very good | 8.8% | 5.7% |
Reading homes by main heating energy efficiency
| Main heat efficiency | Reading | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 7.6% | 6.4% |
| █ poor | 3.9% | 3.0% |
| █ average | 11.8% | 9.8% |
| █ good | 72.7% | 76.7% |
| █ very good | 4.0% | 4.0% |
Reading homes by walls energy efficiency
| Walls efficiency | Reading | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 11.4% | 22.3% |
| █ poor | 14.4% | 15.9% |
| █ average | 14.9% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 44.6% | 38.0% |
| █ very good | 14.7% | 10.9% |
Reading homes by windows energy efficiency
| Windows efficiency | Reading | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 4.0% | 5.4% |
| █ poor | 3.8% | 4.7% |
| █ average | 45.1% | 50.4% |
| █ good | 34.1% | 30.1% |
| █ very good | 13.0% | 9.3% |
Reading homes by hot water heating energy efficiency
| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Reading | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 8.0% | 7.5% |
| █ poor | 6.5% | 6.3% |
| █ average | 17.8% | 12.9% |
| █ good | 62.5% | 68.1% |
| █ very good | 5.3% | 5.2% |
Reading homes by lighting energy efficiency
| Lightning energy efficiency | Reading | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 8.2% | 10.5% |
| █ poor | 6.8% | 7.0% |
| █ average | 11.8% | 12.0% |
| █ good | 15.6% | 15.9% |
| █ very good | 57.5% | 54.6% |
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