The YAS Hotel - Abu Dhabi

The YAS Hotel located in Abu Dhabi was designed by Asymptote Architecture and boasts a bespoke LED lighting design by Arup Lighting. It is currently the world’s largest LED lit building. It was opened on November 3, 2009 to co-incide with the Formula 1 Grand Prix.

The hotel is controlled through remote device management (RDM) protocol and it has no less than 5000 RGBW LED items. It also features functions such as color-changing sequences and other impressive lighting effects.

Still, although LED is a sustainable light source, one has to wonder how much energy this type of building consumes, in spite of its absorbing and almost intimidating design.