# Ranked: The Best & Worst Rated London Boroughs For Energy Efficiency
Published: 2022-06-28
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The most recent **54% energy price cap increase** has made households across the UK conscious about their energy use with online behavior mirroring this as Google searches for **_‘how to save energy at home UK’_** **increasing by 300%**, and the number of people searching for how to **_‘check the EPC rating of a property’_** **up by 250%**

London based Estate Agents [Douglas & Gordon](https://www.douglasandgordon.com/) have compared energy efficiency scores, costs, and the number of energy-efficient installations, such as solar panels, across London to reveal the best and worst rated areas in the capital.

One factor that makes a significant difference to your monthly bills if you’re a Londoner is where you live. **Douglas & Gordons research reveals that residents of the most affordable borough for energy pays 54.2% of the median bill of residents in the most expensive borough.**

**The Most & Least Energy Efficient Boroughs**

**Most energy-efficient boroughs****Least energy-efficient boroughs**Tower HamletsHaveringNewhamKingston Upon ThamesGreenwichBromleySouthwarkRichmond Upon ThamesCity of LondonKensington & Chelsea

**Tower Hamlets is the most energy efficient borough**

Tower Hamlets residents paid around **£423 last year, 31% lower than any other London borough,** and their properties also have the highest **energy efficiency scores at 77**. That’s almost **10 points higher than London’s 68.**

**Newham and Greenwich** are in **second place** on the energy-efficiency scale, where residents **pay under £500 a year.**

**Havering** is at the top of this list with a property **efficiency score of 63** and residents in the area paying upwards of **£780 per annum**, making it the least energy-efficient borough.

## **Areas In London with the most solar panels:**

**Council****Household to solar panel ratio**Barking and Dagenham70Havering71Waltham Forest72Bromley88Sutton93

Despite being the London borough with the lowest median energy prices,

**Tower Hamlets** lags on sustainable solar energy, with only **Kensington and Chelsea seeing more houses per solar panel.**

Both **Barking and Dagenham and Kensington and Chelsea** have approximately **80,000 households,** whereas the latter has just **127 panels installed, the former has 1,174.**

[Click here](https://www.douglasandgordon.com/posts/ranked-energy-efficiency-london/) to see the full blog post


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