The jury of the competition “Most Energy Efficient Building in Latvia 2026” is accepting applications for one more month — until June 18 this year — for the competition “Most Energy Efficient Building in Latvia”.

Applications may be submitted by renovated and newly built apartment buildings, public buildings, private houses, and industrial buildings.

The competition has been held for 16 years, and its aim is to promote best practices in building energy performance and sustainability by implementing energy-efficient construction, renovation, and reconstruction projects. This helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promotes public awareness about well-being, building thermal performance, and indoor microclimate in order to create a healthy, high-quality, and architecturally expressive living environment.

Applications can be submitted in five categories:

• Most Energy Efficient Renovated Apartment Building;
• Most Energy Efficient New Apartment Building;
• Most Energy Efficient Public Building;
• Most Energy Efficient Private House;
• Most Energy Efficient Industrial Building.

The regulations for the competition “Most Energy Efficient Building in Latvia 2026” are published on the competition website: www.energoefektivakaeka.lv.

Applications for the competition “Most Energy Efficient Building in Latvia 2026” should be submitted by June 18, 2026, by sending them electronically to: dzivosiltak@em.gov.lv.

It is planned that by the end of August this year, the competition jury will decide which buildings will proceed to the second round of evaluation — on-site inspections. The award ceremony for this year’s winners is planned for September.

The competition regulations were prepared in cooperation with the partners of the informational campaign “Live Warmer” (“Dzīvo siltāk”), including:
the Latvian Association of Housing Managers and Maintainers, the Latvian Window and Door Manufacturers Association, Riga Technical University, Riga Stradiņš University, the University of Latvia, the Latvian Union of Heating, Gas and Water Technology Engineers, the Sustainable Building Council, the State Construction Control Bureau, the Latvian Construction Contractors Association, the State Fire and Rescue Service, SIA “Publisko aktīvu pārvaldītājs Possessor”, and the Central Finance and Contracting Agency.

The competition is co-financed by #EUfunds.

Competition supporters include:
SIA “Paroc”, SIA “Saint-Gobain Building Products”, SIA “Rockwool”, development finance institution Altum, AS “Latvenergo”, VentSys, AS “Rīgas siltums”, AS “Gaso”, and AS “Sadales tīkls”.

Informational supporters of the competition are:
the magazine “Būvinženieris”, the newspaper “Latvijas Avīze”, and the construction portals www.abc.lv, https://archidea.lv/, and www.building.lv.

Ministry of Economics
Public Relations Department
E-mail: san@em.gov.lv