Abstract. We study the eigenvalues of the Dirichlet Laplace operator on an arbitrary bounded, open set inIn particular, we derive upper bounds on Riesz means of order 3=2, that improve the sharp Berezin inequality by a negative second term. This remainder term depends on geometric properties of the boundary of the set and reflects the correct order of growth in the semi-classical limit.Under certain geometric conditions these results imply new lower bounds on individual eigenvalues, which improve the Li-Yau inequality.Mathematics Subject Classification (2010). Primary 35P15; Secondary 47A75.