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Renovation works in Worb

Local housing stock

In Worb, the federal building register lists 2'253 residential buildings and 5'725 dwellings. These municipal benchmarks help put your home in context, but do not replace an individual assessment.

66 %built before 1980
45 %heated by oil or gas
46.2 %electric hot water
2.2 %with declared solar thermal

Age of residential buildings

66 % built before 1980

  • Before 191915 %
  • 1919–194510 %
  • 1946–19609 %
  • 1961–197016 %
  • 1971–198016 %
  • 1981–199012 %
  • 1991–20008 %
  • 2001–201012 %
  • Since 20113 %

Construction year does not reveal past renovations: check the current insulation condition.

Main heating energy

44 % · Heating oil

  • Heating oil44 %
  • Heat pump27 %
  • District heating12 %
  • Wood11 %
  • Electricity5 %
  • Gas1 %

This distribution describes recorded buildings, not your system's consumption or efficiency.

Heating and hot water: which energies?

EnergyHeatingHot water
Gas1 %0.4 %
Heating oil44 %27.3 %
District heating12 %8.5 %
Heat pump27 %10.6 %
Electricity5 %46.2 %
Wood11 %5 %
Solar thermal0 %2 %

Each line gives the share of buildings using that energy, separately for heating and for hot water. The two columns do not always reach 100%: some buildings combine two systems, or reported none.

Type of heating system

  • Boiler (unspecified)37.3 %
  • Heat pump27.5 %
  • Standard boiler16.6 %
  • Heat exchanger (district)11.5 %
  • Central electric heating4.1 %
  • Stove1.5 %
  • Condensing boiler0.8 %
  • Direct electric heaters0.7 %

A standard non-condensing boiler is usually older and less efficient.

Houses or apartment buildings?

  • Single-family houses59.6 %
  • Two-dwelling houses13.4 %
  • Apartment buildings (3+)26.8 %
  • Other0.1 %

13.1 % of buildings mix housing with shops or offices.

The typical building

storeys (median)
2
median footprint
123 m²
median dwelling area
90 m²

Dwellings by number of rooms

2.6 %1 rm
11.2 %2 rm
27.7 %3 rm
32.3 %4 rm
26.2 %5+ rm

Dwellings per building

  • 1 dwelling59.7 %
  • 2 to 422.9 %
  • 5 to 914.7 %
  • 10 to 192.3 %
  • 20 or more0.4 %

Renovations, heritage and volumes

For your renovation projects in Worb, official building register figures offer key insights. With a median volume of 788 m3 across 1343 houses, this data based on the SIA 416 standard assists in evaluating the scale of heating or insulation work. Please note that data coverage for measured volume is partial, covering only 9 buildings. Furthermore, information regarding heritage protection and the year of renovation is not provided in the current register for this municipality, meaning these specific figures are not available for your planning process when using these official records.

0
buildings flagged as protected
status known for 142 of 2'253 buildings; check with the municipality
788 m³
median house volume (SIA 416)
measured for 9 of 1'343 houses

Source : OFS — RegBL (export communal complet). Existing residential buildings; percentages of recorded values.

Renovating in Worb: what to know

Planning works in Worb, canton of Bern? Before requesting quotes, local context helps: climate drives the value of insulation and heating, cantonal rules govern boiler replacement, and tax deductions can noticeably reduce the bill.

Choose your works in Worb

Nearby municipalities : Bern · Biel/Bienne · Thun · Köniz · Burgdorf · Steffisburg · Lyss · Ostermundigen