British Housing Stock Energy Efficiency Trends Since 1970

Data on domestic energy use trends from 1970 to present provides a long-term view of efficiency improvements in the British housing stock. The Building Research Establishment Ltd compiled this factfile, which breaks down figures by tenure type and country. It aggregates information primarily for government departments and national-level research.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in energy efficiency measures adoption across the total GB housing stock over a 50+ year period.
• Compare energy efficiency metrics by tenure categories: owner occupied, council rented, private rented, and registered social landlord.
• Benchmark domestic energy performance data across the countries of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
• Model the impact of historical events, like the 1970s oil crisis, on long-term domestic energy use patterns.

Strengths

• Covers a time range from 1970 to present, providing over 50 years of historical context.
• Data is disaggregated by four tenure types and four UK countries for comparative analysis.

Limitations

• Data is presented in PDF reports, requiring extraction for computational analysis.
• The description indicates the data is aggregated for national-level planning, limiting granularity for local analysis.

Provenance

Source

Building Research Establishment Ltd

Collection Method

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Time Range

1970 to present

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Geography

Great Britain, with breakdowns for England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland