Just 41% of homes in England meet the recommended Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of ‘C’ or above. This is only a 1% increase from the previous year.
In 2022, only 40% of homes in England met the standard, despite the UK government wanting to reduce the country’s carbon footprint by significantly improving the energy efficiency of all homes.
The EPC scale is ranked from A-G and is used to measure the efficiency of a property based on the level of its emissions, its potential heat or energy loss and its likely fuel costs.
Currently, 63% of properties in the City of London meet the EPC rating of ‘C’ or above – the exact same percentage as 12 month’s ago. This is closely following by Salford, which has 59% of properties meeting the recommended energy rating, a 1% increase on the previous year.
For the second year running, Birmingham was ranked last, where only 33% of homes meet the target energy rating. Bath and Brighton both fell below the national average, with just 38% of their homes scoring an EPC rating of ‘C’ or above.
In terms of regions across England, London saw 46% of its properties meeting the EPC band of ‘C’ or above. Yorkshire and The Humber was the lowest scoring region on the list, where only 36% of its properties meet the recommended EPC standards of ‘C’.
What does this also mean for UK landlords? The Government have proposed a bill where all rental properties would need to meet a compulsory energy performance certificate rating of band “C” on new tenancies by December 2025.