Balearics homes: 40.1% have energy certificates

On the Balearic Islands, 40.1% of homes have a registered energy certificate, according to a report published on 10 September. Accumin’s data and intelligence division compiled the study from certificates registered by Spain’s autonomous communities and reported to the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge. Across Spain, just 39% of homes have a registered certificate.

The picture for the homes that have been assessed is bleak. Some 94.2% fall into the less efficient D-to-G bands, with E by far the most common rating. Accumin attributes this largely to an ageing housing stock built under rules that did not require energy standards. New-build homes rated A, B or C account for only 4% of the total stock.

Record year for certificates

Spain issued a record 1.3 million energy certificates in 2025, up 3% on the previous year. Energy-saving renovations prompted 45% of them, helped by public aid and European funds. That compares with an average of 19% between 2016 and 2019.

Renovations can make a marked difference in detached homes, cutting energy use by between 25% and 75% and usually lifting a property by one or two rating letters. For flats in apartment blocks, the reduction is between 10% and 50%. Rating gains are less common there because major work on façades and roofs needs approval from the owners’ association.

Spain faces a vast retrofit task

To meet its 2030 target, Spain must cut final residential energy use by 26,394 GWh. That means renovating the thermal outer layer of 1.2 million homes and replacing 3.5 million heating and hot-water systems within four years.

Accumin says that would require Spain to increase its renovation pace by 1.5 times compared with the rate recorded between 2020 and 2025.

Topics: Politics

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com