The Riga City Hall is the main administrative building of the Riga City Municipality and is located in the heart of Riga’s Historic Centre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. As part of the SMARTeeSTORY project, in preparation for future system upgrades, the municipality has installed the building management system components supplied by the SMARTeeSTORY partners Schneider Electric and TERA, including the sensors for measuring temperature, humidity and CO2 levels and the weather station.
Advancing Energy Efficiency in a Historic Landmark
Improving the energy performance of historic buildings requires balancing conservation with modern upgrades. Through the SMARTeeSTORY project, the City of Riga aims to improve the energy efficiency of Riga City Hall by focusing on the optimisation and monitoring of indoor climate conditions. The intervention targets the 4th to 8th floors of the City Hall Building A, which contain occupied spaces and have therefore been designated as the project’s intervention zones. These areas are prioritised due to their direct impact on occupant comfort and wellbeing.
The installation phase followed an extensive planning process, including the completion of executive designs, pre-monitoring preparations, and the acquisition of all required approvals. Works were carried out with minimal disruption to building occupants, ensuring smooth integration of the new systems.
With the installation now complete, the pre-intervention monitoring campaign will be launched following the configuration and commissioning of the monitoring system by the SMARTeeSTORY technical partners. The data collected through the pre-intervention monitoring phase will enable project partners to carry out future energy optimisation and support informed decision-making.
About the Riga City Hall
Riga, as Mission City, has set the goal of becoming a climate-neutral city by 2030. Today, Riga City Hall serves multiple representative functions, hosting the offices of the Mayor and elected councillors, as well as assembly halls and conference facilities. Since 2022, following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, part of the building has been made available to the Ukrainian community as a gathering space and support centre for war refugees.
