The "European Palace of Human Rights" is the result of a competition won by English architect Sir Richard Rogers (famous above all for his "Centre Pompidou" in Paris). Since 1998, the European Court for Human Rights has its new (and since 1998, its exclusive) headquarters here in Strasbourg.
In 1994, the 750 m² lobby of this building was equipped with MULTIBETON floor heating and cooling. This system is operated with a heat pump which either obtains the energy required for heating from the ground water, or else it releases energy obtained from cooling into the ground water.
