Insights into energy efficiency and residential values

Please note, this was reissued in October 2022 as a Practice Information document titled. It was previously published in March 2019 as an Insight Paper titled ‘Energy efficiency and residential values: a changing European landscape. No material changes have been made to the document. For more information on the document category changes, see the text part way down on this page.

This Practice Information paper provides a comprehensive review of the issues that connect values in the residential sector to energy efficiency. It enables valuers to better understand the impacts of energy efficiency on the value and/or liquidity of residential buildings.

It considers the role of the valuer and how, through their data collection and reporting processes, they can play a part in promoting a more energy efficient housing stock.

To achieve these aims, it reviews the context within which energy efficiency is rising up the European regulatory agenda and the impact that this is having on value drivers.