Apart from recent steps forward in the technicalities of the smart technology implementations, the Riga team has been actively engaging with stakeholders and industry partners to promote sustainable retrofitting practices. The demonstrator's progress was showcased at local roundtables with SMEs and technology providers, raising awareness and fostering collaboration.

Dissemination and Stakeholder Engagement

Over the past six months, RTU has focused on academic training and industry outreach to share SMARTeeSTORY’s advancements. Key activities included participation in Erasmus Staff Teaching and Training Mobility programs, where RTU presented the project’s latest findings at major education and training events:

• October 2024: Faculty of Civil & Mechanical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• November 2024: National University of Agadir, Morocco
  At both cases, the historical building context is of particular attention and relevance.

These sessions introduced SMARTeeSTORY’s retrofitting technologies, energy performance strategies, and smart sustainability principles to university students and faculty members, ensuring the project's impact extends into future research and academic curricula.

A guest lecture and a panel discussion on the energy efficiency aspects in historical building context, keynote speaker: A. Prozuments (RTU). ENA Agadir, Morocco – November 2024. 

Academic and Industry Collaboration

In addition to academic dissemination, RTU also organized a special seminar in November 2024 titled “Modern Solutions for Energy-Efficient Historical Buildings”. This session brought together academia, researchers, and industrial groups to discuss biomethane, solar panels, and other sustainable technologies, integrating SMARTeeSTORY’s insights into the broader conversation on energy efficiency in historic buildings. The event drew participation from SMEs and large technology providers, highlighting the project’s relevance to real-world applications in the industry.

RTU seminar, workshop organized by the Institute of Sustainable Building Materials and Engineering Systems on Building energy efficiency. A chapter on historical building renovation, speaker: A. Prozuments (RTU). RTU Riga, Latvia – December 2024.

Educational Integration

In addition, RTU is actively integrating the findings from the Riga City Hall demonstrator into its academic curriculum. The insights gained from the thermal comfort assessments, smart control systems, and energy efficiency improvements are being incorporated into engineering and architecture courses, providing students with real-world case studies on sustainable retrofitting in heritage buildings. This academic integration ensures that the demonstrator’s impact extends beyond the project itself, fostering long-term innovation in the field of smart and sustainable building retrofits.

Through these activities, RTU has successfully positioned the SMARTeeSTORY Riga demonstrator as a reference point for sustainable retrofitting education and industry best practices, ensuring knowledge and findings are actively shared and applied across multiple sectors.