Reading house energy efficiency
January 2026
Houses are energy-efficient. The average house energy rating in Reading postcode area is 65.5, D rating. This is by 1.7 better score than the average house energy rating in England and Wales. The average potential rating is 81.9, B rating.
Reading houses by energy rating
| Energy rating | Reading | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| █ B | 10.0% | 8.2% |
| █ C | 62.5% | 58.7% |
| █ D | 12.2% | 14.2% |
| █ E | 12.0% | 14.5% |
| █ F | 2.5% | 3.2% |
| █ G | 0.6% | 0.9% |
Reading map of energy efficiency of houses
Reading houses by potential energy rating
| Potential energy rating | Reading | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ A | 6.7% | 5.6% |
| █ B | 59.2% | 59.3% |
| █ C | 30.8% | 31.2% |
| █ D | 1.1% | 1.3% |
| █ E | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| █ F | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| █ G | 1.0% | 1.1% |
Reading houses by main heating control energy efficiency
| Main heating control | Reading | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 1.4% | 4.4% |
| █ poor | 4.8% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 26.6% | 25.9% |
| █ good | 57.3% | 57.8% |
| █ very good | 9.8% | 7.1% |
Reading houses by main heating energy efficiency
| Main heat efficiency | Reading | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| █ poor | 2.4% | 2.3% |
| █ average | 9.5% | 8.5% |
| █ good | 83.4% | 84.5% |
| █ very good | 3.1% | 2.9% |
Reading houses by walls energy efficiency
| Walls efficiency | Reading | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 12.7% | 22.5% |
| █ poor | 16.7% | 16.7% |
| █ average | 17.7% | 15.1% |
| █ good | 42.4% | 37.2% |
| █ very good | 10.5% | 8.5% |
Reading houses by windows energy efficiency
| Windows efficiency | Reading | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 3.8% | 3.5% |
| █ poor | 4.4% | 4.9% |
| █ average | 49.2% | 55.1% |
| █ good | 33.4% | 29.2% |
| █ very good | 9.1% | 7.3% |
Reading houses by hot water heating energy efficiency
| Hot water heating energy efficiency | Reading | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 3.1% | 3.7% |
| █ poor | 5.5% | 6.1% |
| █ average | 17.0% | 12.6% |
| █ good | 70.1% | 73.5% |
| █ very good | 4.3% | 4.0% |
Reading houses by lighting energy efficiency
| Lightning energy efficiency | Reading | England & Wales |
|---|
| █ very poor | 8.8% | 10.3% |
| █ poor | 7.9% | 7.9% |
| █ average | 12.8% | 13.0% |
| █ good | 17.1% | 17.0% |
| █ very good | 53.3% | 51.8% |
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