Leagues

National competitions organised by country and building type.

Build your national league. Shape your market.

Countries can endorse the World Championship for Energy Savings and establish national leagues to identify top-performing buildings, mobilize their real estate sector, and inform performance-based policies.

What is a National League

A national league is a country-led implementation of the Championship. It enables governments to:

  • Identify the most efficient buildings in their country
  • Structure a national performance benchmark
  • Mobilize public and private stakeholders around measurable outcomes

Each league operates within a common international framework, ensuring comparability across countries.

Why it matters

In most countries, building policies rely on standards, models or compliance thresholds.

National leagues introduce a complementary approach: measuring what actually works in real conditions. They create:

  • A visible national benchmark
  • A pipeline of proven solutions
  • A bridge between market performance and regulation

What countries gain

Policy intelligence

Access real-world data to design performance-based regulation.

Market mobilization

Engage asset owners, operators and investors around measurable outcomes.

International positioning

Showcase national champions and leadership at COP.

Pre-regulatory testing

Experiment with approaches before scaling into policy.

National delegation & COP

  • The WCES helps each national league identify its top-performing buildings.
  • These buildings form a national delegation, presented by their country administration at COP.
  • They compete alongside other national delegations for the title of world champion and global recognition.

Launch an Energy League

Ready to endorse the World Championship for Energy Savings and launch your national energy league to showcase champions and scale energy performance?

Who can launch a League?

A League can be launched by various types of national stakeholders:
  • A national administration
  • A regional authority
  • A national program operator
  • A coalition of all the above

How it works

National leagues are typically implemented in 4 steps:

1

Endorsement

Government formally supports the initiative

2

National coordination

A public agency or partner organization leads deployment

3

Market engagement

Buildings are invited to submit their performance data

4

Selection of champions

Top-performing buildings form the national delegation

What launching a League provides

  • A dedicated League page (flag, KPIs, champions)
  • A structured path for building operators to submit champions
  • A COP-to-COP roadmap with high-level policy events (e.g., ICBC Meetings, Sustainable Buildings and Construction Summit, COP)
  • A comprehensive framework to integrate real measured performance in policymaking

Flexible implementation

  • Aligned with existing policies or obligations
  • Integrated into national programs
  • Supported by public or private partners

The international framework ensures consistency while allowing local flexibility.

Ready to launch your League?

Request League onboarding