Zumtobel Supplies LED lighting for Vaduz Active Energy Building

In the lush green hills of the Alpine Rhine Valley the Vaduz Active Energy Building creates a singular dark form. The Active Energy Building is a research project that falkeis2architects developed. The architects shaped the building with experimental design principles. As part of the design goal of making the building energy self-sufficient the architects chose to incorporate a very efficient LED lighting solution from German firm Zumtobel.Uniquely the building features wing modules that are forever active and help heat and cool the building depending on the outside temperature. Following an international design competition, the high-tech project owner Dr Peter Marxer, awarded the architectural planning assignment to the Viennese office of Anton Falkeis and Cornelia Falkeis-Senn. The goal was to develop an energy-efficient residential complex that is both self-sufficient and also produces surplus energy for the national electrical grid.