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  • Climate change
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  • Cluster Human Health
  • Cluster Water regime, water management,marine and coastal protection
  • Cluster Fisheries
  • Cluster Soil
  • Cluster Agriculture
  • Cluster Woodland and forestry
  • Cluster Biodiversity
  • Cluster Building industry
  • Cluster Energy industry (conversion, transport and supply)
  • Cluster Transport, transport infrastructure
  • Cluster Trade and industry
  • Cluster Tourism industry
  • Cluster Financial services industry
  • Cluster Spatial planning, regional and urban development
  • Cluster Civil protection
  • Cluster Cross-sectional activities carried out at Federal level
  • Cluster Human Health
  • GE-I-1: Heat exposure and Public awareness
  • GE-I-2: Heat-related mortalities
  • GE-I-3: Contamination with pollen of ragweed
  • GE-I-4: Pathogen carriers – case study
  • GE-I-5: Contamination of bathing waters with cyanobacteria – case study
  • GE-R-1 + 2: Heat warning service and Success case study
  • GE-R-3: Information on pollen
  • Cluster Water regime, water management,marine and coastal protection
  • WW-I-1: Groundwater level
  • WW-I-2: Mean run-of
  • WW-I-3: Floodwater
  • WW-I-4: Low water
  • WW-I-5: Water temperature of standing waters – case study
  • WW-I-6: Start of the spring algal bloom in standing waters – case study
  • WW-I-7: Water temperature in the sea
  • WW-I-8: Sea levels
  • WW-I-9: Intensity of storm surges
  • WW-R-1: Water use index
  • WW-R-2: Investment in inland watercourse flood protection - case study
  • WW-R-3: Riparian vegetation of small, medium-sized water bodies-case study
  • WW-R-4: Investment in coastal protection
  • Cluster Fisheries
  • FI-I-1: Distribution of thermophilic marine species
  • FI-I-2: Occurrence of thermophilic species in inland waters – case study
  • Cluster Soil
  • BO-I-1: Soil moisture levels in farmland soil
  • BO-I-2: Rainfall erosivity – case study
  • BO-R-1: Humus content of arable land – case study
  • BO-R-2: Permanent grassland
  • Cluster Agriculture
  • LW-I-1: Agrophenological phase shifts
  • LW-I-2: Yield fluctuations
  • LW-I-3: Hailstorm damage in agriculture
  • LW-I-4: Infestation with harmful organisms – case study
  • LW-R-1: Adaptation of management rhythms
  • LW-R-2: Cultivation and propagation of thermophilic arable crops
  • LW-R-3+4: Adaption the variety spectrum,maize varieties by maturity groups
  • LW-R-5: Use of pesticides
  • LW-R-6: Agricultural irrigation
  • Cluster Woodland and forestry
  • FW-I-1 Tree species composition in natural forest reserves - case study
  • FW-I-2: Endangered spruce stands
  • FW-I-3: Incremental growth in timber
  • FW-I-4: Damaged timber – extent of random use
  • FW-I-5: Extent of timber infested by spruce bark beetle – case study
  • FW-I-6: Forest fire risk and forest fires
  • FW-I-7: Forest condition
  • FW-R-1: Mixed stands
  • FW-R-2: Financial support for forest conversion
  • FW-R-3: Targeted conversion of endangered spruce stands
  • FW-R-4: Conservation of forest-genetic resources
  • FW-R-5: Humus reserves in forest soils
  • FW-R-6: Forestry information on adaptation
  • Cluster Biodiversity
  • BD-I-1: Phenological changes in wild plant species
  • BD-I-2: Community temperature index for bird species
  • BD-I-3: Restoration of natural flood-plains
  • BD-R-1: Consideration of climate change in landscape programmes
  • BD-R-2: Protected areas
  • Cluster Building industry
  • BAU-I-1 + 2 Heat stress in urban environments and summer heat island effect
  • BAU-I-3: Cooling degree days
  • BAU-I-4: Heavy rain in residential areas
  • BAU-I-5: Claims expenditure for property insurance
  • BAU-R-1: Recreation areas
  • BAU-R-2: Green roofing of federal buildings
  • BAU-R-3:Specific energy consumption for space-heating by private households
  • BAU-R-4: Funding for building and refurbishment adapted to climate change
  • BAU-R-5: Insurance density natural hazard insurance residential buildings
  • Cluster Energy industry (conversion, transport and supply)
  • EW-I-1 + 2 Weather-related power supply interruptions
  • EW-I-3: Ambient temperature-induced power reduction in thermal power plants
  • EW-R-1 + 2: Energy diversification (electricity, heating and cooling)
  • EW-R-3: Electricity storage options
  • EW-R-4: Water efficiency of thermal power plants
  • Cluster Transport, transport infrastructure
  • VE-I-1 + 2: Flood closures and low water restrictions on the Rhine
  • VE-I-3: Heavy rain and roads
  • VE-I-4: Weather-related road traffic accidents
  • VE-I-5: Impacts on roads from extraordinary weather events – case study
  • Cluster Trade and industry
  • IG-I-1: Heat-related loss in performance
  • IG-R-1: Intensity of water consumption in the manufacturing sector
  • Cluster Tourism industry
  • TOU-I-1 + 2: Coastal bathing temperatures, bed nights on the coast
  • TOU-I-3: Heat stress in spas used for their healthy climate
  • TOU-I-4: Snow cover for winter sports
  • TOU-I-5: Bed nights in ski resorts
  • TOU-I-6: Seasonal bed nights in German tourist areas
  • TOU-I-7: Holiday destination preferences
  • Cluster Financial services industry
  • FiW-I-1:Claims ratio, combined ratio in homeowners’ comprehensive insurance
  • FiW-I-2: Incidence of storms and floods
  • Cluster Spatial planning, regional and urban development
  • RO-R-1: Priority and reserved areas for nature and landscape
  • RO-R-2: Priority and reserved areas groundwater / drinking water
  • RO-R-3: Priority and restricted areas for (preventive) flood control
  • RO-R-4: Priority and restricted areas for special climate functions
  • RO-R-5: Land used for human settlements and transport infrastructure
  • RO-R-6: Settlement use in flood-risk areas – case study
  • Cluster Civil protection
  • BS-I-1:Person hours required for dealing during weather-related loss events
  • BS-R-1: Information on how to act in a disaster situation
  • BS-R-2: Precautionary measures for protection of the public
  • BS-R-3: Training exercises
  • BS-R-4: Active disaster protection workers
  • Cluster Cross-sectional activities carried out at Federal level
  • HUE-1: Manageability of climate change impacts
  • HUE-2: Usage of warning and information services
  • HUE-3: Federal grants - Research projects Climate change impacts Adaptation
  • HUE-4: Adaptation to climate change at municipal authority level
  • HUE-5: International finance for climate adaptation (from budget resources)
  • Climate Impacts Germany
  • Climate models and scenarios
  • Introduction to Climate Projections
  • Adaptation to climate change
  • Regional and sectoral adaptation
  • Adaptation at the Federal Level
  • Adaptation at EU level
  • Adaptation tools
  • Regional and sectoral adaptation
  • Adaptation at the Federal Level
  • Adaptation Action Plan
  • Adaptation Action Plan
  • Cluster Water
  • Cluster Infrastructure
  • Cluster Land
  • Cluster Health
  • Cluster Economy
  • Cluster Spatial planning and civil protection
  • Cross-cutting mechanisms and actions
  • Adaptation tools
  • Projects and Studies
  • Projects and Studies
  • Competence center KomPass
  • KomPass Projects
  • Climate protection and energy policy in Germany
  • RESCUE – Resource-Efficient Pathways towards Greenhouse-Gas-Neutrality
  • Climate change and energy law
  • RESCUE – Resource-Efficient Pathways towards Greenhouse-Gas-Neutrality
  • Scenarios GreenEe1 and GreenEe2
  • Scenario GreenLate
  • Scenario GreenMe
  • Scenario GreenLife
  • Scenario GreenSupreme
  • Methods
  • Main results
  • Conference on “Resource-Efficient Decarbonisation Pathways“
  • Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases and Fully Halogenated CFCs
  • Statutes and regulations
  • Emissions
  • Application domains and emission reduction
  • Statutes and regulations
  • EU Regulation concerning fluorinated greenhouse gases
  • Emissions
  • Projections
  • Emission trajectories
  • Application domains and emission reduction
  • Supermarkets
  • Heat pumps
  • Building air conditioning
  • Moble air conditioning in cars, buses and railway vehicles
  • Eco-friendly transport refrigeration
  • Switchgear
  • Moble air conditioning in cars, buses and railway vehicles
  • Mobile air conditioning with climate-friendly refrigerant CO2
  • Mobile air conditioning with fluorinated refrigerants
  • Climate friendly mobile air conditioning for buses
  • Mobile air conditioning in rail vehicles
  • Health
  • Environmental medicine
  • Environmental impact on people
  • Assessing environmentally-related health risks
  • Commissions and Working Groups
  • Environment and Health: newsletters and series
  • WHO Collaborating Centre for Air Quality Management
  • Environmental medicine
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • COPD
  • Environmental pollution and diseases of the elderly
  • Allergies
  • Headaches
  • Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS)
  • The Sick Building Syndrome (SBS)
  • Environmental impact on people
  • Chemical substances
  • Environmental justice – Environment, health and social conditions
  • Special Exposure Situations
  • Climate change and health
  • Indoor air hygiene
  • Mould
  • Nanomaterial
  • Chemical substances
  • Endocrine disruptors
  • Formaldehyde
  • Fragrances
  • Lead at Christmas and on New Year's Eve
  • Plasticisers
  • Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)
  • Plasticisers
  • Frequently Asked Questions about phthalates and plasticisers
  • Environmental justice – Environment, health and social conditions
  • Research project “Environmental justice in urban areas”
  • Pilot project on environmental justice in German municipalities
  • Special Exposure Situations
  • Emissions from wood and coal burning stoves in residential areas
  • Holi – Festival of colours and dust
  • Ozone and open air sport events
  • Indoor air hygiene
  • Substances in building products
  • Ventilation to combat "stale" air
  • Substances in building products
  • Harmonisation of health assessment – LCI values and EU-LCI values
  • Assessing environmentally-related health risks
  • 2nd International Conference on Human Biomonitoring, Berlin
  • Environmental burden of disease
  • Epidemiology
  • Epigenetics and Environmental Influences
  • Health-related exposure assessment
  • Human biomonitoring
  • Human biomonitoring in Europe
  • Toxicology
  • Environmental Specimen Bank
  • German Environmental Survey, GerES
  • HBMC2020
  • Health-related exposure assessment
  • Database for health-related exposure assessment
  • Human biomonitoring
  • Cooperation for the promotion of human biomonitoring
  • Human biomonitoring in Europe
  • HBM4EU: European Human Biomonitoring Initiative
  • Project DEMOCOPHES
  • German Environmental Survey, GerES
  • German Environmental Survey, GerES VI
  • German Environmental Survey 2014-2017, GerES V
  • German Environmental Survey 2003-2006 for Children, GerES IV
  • German Environmental Survey 1997-1999, GerES III
  • German Environmental Survey 1990-1992, GerES II
  • German Environmental Survey 1985-1986, GerES I
  • German Environmental Survey 1997-1999, GerES III
  • Survey 1990-1992 in Comparison with Survey 1997-1999
  • Commissions and Working Groups
  • Human Biomonitoring Commission
  • Indoor Air Hygiene Commission
  • German Committee on Indoor Guide Values
  • Committee for Health-related Evaluation of Building Products
  • Environmental Medicine Commission
  • Human Biomonitoring Commission
  • Reference and HBM Values
  • Opinion of the Human Biomonitoring Commission (HBM)
  • Members
  • Indoor Air Hygiene Commission
  • Members of the Indoor Air Hygiene Commission
  • Environment and Health: newsletters and series
  • UMID: Environment and Human Health – Information Service
  • Newsletter WHO CC Air Hygiene
  • WHO CC Air Hygiene Report
  • Telegram: environment + health
  • UMID: Environment and Human Health – Information Service
  • UMID: Notes for authors
  • Chemicals
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Biocides
  • Chemicals management
  • Classification and labelling of chemicals
  • Cleaning agents and laundry detergents
  • Environmental Specimen Bank network
  • Plant protection products
  • REACH – What is it?
  • Chemical research at UBA
  • Substances hazardous to waters
  • Dioxins
  • Nanotechnology
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Database - Pharmaceuticals in the environment
  • Biocides
  • Environmental risk assessment of antifouling products in Germany
  • Sustainable Control of Harmful Organisms
  • Workshop: Non-Chemical Alternatives for Rodent Control (NoCheRo)
  • Chemicals management
  • Sustainability evaluation of case studies
  • Chemical Leasing
  • SAICM
  • Stockholm Convention
  • Sustainable Chemistry
  • Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2015
  • Classification and labelling of chemicals
  • CLP Regulation
  • Globally Harmonised System (GHS)
  • REACH – What is it?
  • Advancing REACH
  • AskREACH
  • Non-extractable residues in persistence assessment
  • PMT and vPvM substances under REACH
  • Implementation of REACH
  • REACH for Consumers
  • AskREACH
  • Meetings „Compliance Digital“
  • Chemical research at UBA
  • Artificial stream and pond system
  • Vector Control Testing Facility
  • Artificial stream and pond system
  • News
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  • Projects
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  • Technology
  • Visiting and directions
  • Projects
  • Effect study "Irgarol"
  • Effect study
  • Environmental hygiene
  • Fate-Study MTBE
  • Fate-Study herbicide
  • Fate-study Irargol
  • Hydrology
  • Initial plant tests (calibration phase)
  • Nanotechnology
  • Research and development projects
  • Good to know about nanomaterials
  • Advanced materials
  • Transport | Noise
  • Sustainable mobility
  • Economic aspects of transport
  • Transport law
  • Traffic noise
  • Noise effects
  • Noise effects
  • Circulatory diseases
  • Noise annoyance
  • Damage to hearing
  • Economics | Consumption
  • Waste | Resources
  • Economic and legal dimensions of resource conservation
  • Product stewardship and waste management
  • Resource conservation and environmental policy
  • Resource conservation in the manufacturing and consumption domain
  • Resource use and its consequences
  • Resources Commission at the Federal Environment Agency (KRU)
  • Transfrontier shipment of wastes
  • Waste disposal
  • Waste management
  • Economic and legal dimensions of resource conservation
  • Economic impact
  • Leveraging cost reduction potential through resource efficiency
  • Rebound effects
  • Resource conservation law
  • Product stewardship and waste management
  • Batteries
  • Electrical and electronic waste
  • End-of-life-vehicles
  • Packaging
  • Plastics
  • Electrical and electronic waste
  • Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act
  • Resource conservation and environmental policy
  • International resource policies
  • International strategies and programmes
  • European Resources Forum
  • Resource conservation in the manufacturing and consumption domain
  • Digitalisation and natural resources
  • Ecofriendly abiotic resource extraction
  • Factor X
  • Resource use in Germany
  • Transfrontier shipment of wastes
  • Focal Point to the Basel Convention (Germany)
  • Information requirements
  • Legal Basis
  • Notification procedure
  • Prosecution of Illegal Waste Shipments
  • Statistics concerning transfrontier shipment of waste
  • Waste disposal
  • Landfill
  • Mechanical-biological treatment
  • Organic-waste treatment
  • Physicochemical waste treatment
  • Thermal treatment
  • Waste collection and transport
  • Waste management
  • Climate protection and waste management
  • Waste prevention
  • Waste regulations
  • Waste statistics
  • Waste technology transfer
  • Waste types
  • Climate protection and waste management
  • International climate protection instruments
  • Waste prevention
  • Food waste in the catering sector
  • Waste types
  • Commercial municipal waste
  • Hazardous waste
  • Waste classes
  • Hazardous waste
  • Waste containing asbestos
  • Waste containing mercury
  • Waste oil
  • Wastes containing POPs and PCB
  • Air
  • Air pollutants at a glance
  • Reactive nitrogen
  • Measuring/observing/monitoring
  • Air Quality Control in Europe
  • Air pollutants at a glance
  • Benzene
  • Benzo(a)pyrene in particulate matter
  • Heavy Metals in Particulate Matter (PM10)
  • Particulate matter (PM10)
  • Carbon monoxide
  • Ozone
  • Sulphur dioxide
  • Nitrogen dioxide
  • Heavy Metals in Particulate Matter (PM10)
  • Arsenic in particulate matter
  • Cadmium in particulate matter
  • Lead in particulate matter
  • Nickel in particulate matter
  • Particulate matter (PM10)
  • Low-emission zones in Germany
  • Measuring/observing/monitoring
  • Air monitoring networks
  • Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW)
  • Cross-media monitoring in air quality management
  • Quality assurance principles
  • Air Quality Control in Europe
  • AUSTAL/AUSTAL2000 - Overview
  • AUSTAL2000 - Download
  • AUSTAL2000N - Download
  • AUSTAL/AUSTAL2000 - FAQ
  • AUSTAL2000 - Known and resolved problems
  • AUSTAL2000 - Deprecated files & changes
  • Water
  • Rivers
  • Water Resource Management
  • Drinking water
  • Seas
  • Economic issues
  • Antarctic
  • Rivers
  • Assessment of watercourses
  • Metals
  • Nutrients in watercourses
  • Chemicals
  • Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
  • Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API)
  • Pesticides
  • River Restoration
  • Assessment of watercourses
  • Biological quality classification of watercourses
  • Chemical
  • Water body structure
  • Water Resource Management
  • Water Reuse
  • Water Reuse
  • New EU Regulation on Minimum Requirements for Water Reuse
  • Questions and Answers on Water Reuse
  • Research Project PU2R
  • Drinking water
  • Distributing drinking water
  • Safe management of drinking water supplies
  • Protocol on Water and Health
  • Small-scale drinking water supplies
  • WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on Drinking-water Hygiene
  • Distributing drinking water
  • Approval and Harmonization – 4MS-Initiative
  • Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines
  • Approval and Harmonization – 4MS-Initiative
  • Resources to 4MSI web seminar
  • Safe management of drinking water supplies
  • Joint research project on the reuse of filter backwash water
  • Seas
  • Maritime shipping
  • Germany’s HELCOM Chairmanship 2020 – 2022
  • Antarctic
  • The German Environment Agency and the Antarctic
  • Antarctica
  • Human presence in the Antarctic
  • Travellers to the Antarctic
  • Applying for a permit to travel to the Antarctic
  • Antarctic Treaty System
  • Chemical contamination in the Antarctic
  • International activities in and around the Antarctic
  • The German Environment Agency and the Antarctic
  • Underwater noise
  • Non-native species
  • Inspections in the Antarctic
  • Monitoring projects in the Antarctic
  • Underwater noise
  • Airguns - an underestimated disruptive factor
  • Monitoring projects in the Antarctic
  • Whale monitoring in the Antarctic
  • Environmental monitoring on King George Island
  • Satellite-based penguin monitoring
  • Antarctica
  • The geography of the Antarctic
  • Geology of the Antarctic
  • Climate of the Antarctic
  • Flora of the Antarctic
  • Fauna of the Antarctic
  • Human presence in the Antarctic
  • Discovery, exploration and conservation of Antarctica
  • Research and logistics in the perpetual ice
  • Tourists in Antarctica
  • Travellers to the Antarctic
  • Travelling by cruise ship to Antarctica
  • Visitor Guidelines for the Antarctic
  • Yachting in Antarctica
  • Antarctica from a bird’s eye view
  • Individual tourism in Antarctica
  • Media professionals in Antarctica
  • Applying for a permit to travel to the Antarctic
  • Permitting procedure in Germany
  • Overview of application forms
  • Antarctic Treaty System
  • Antarctic Treaty
  • Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
  • Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
  • Act Implementing the Protocol on Environmental Protection (AIEP)
  • Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals
  • International activities in and around the Antarctic
  • Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM)
  • Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP)
  • Parties' reporting obligations
  • Protected Areas under the CAMLR-Convention
  • Protected Areas in Antarctica
  • International research in Antarctica
  • International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators
  • Protected Areas in Antarctica
  • Protection and management of areas under PEPAT
  • Soil | Agriculture
  • Commissions and advisory boards
  • Ecological impact of farming
  • Land use reduction
  • Land – a precious resource
  • Learning about and experiencing soil
  • Site contamination
  • Soil protection
  • Soil protection at international level
  • Soil science
  • Toward ecofriendly farming
  • International soil governance
  • Commissions and advisory boards
  • Kommission Landwirtschaft (Agricultural Expert Panel, KLU)
  • Soil investigation advisory council (FBU)
  • The Federal Environment Agency Soil Protection Commission
  • Ecological impact of farming
  • Ammonia, dust and odour emissions
  • Compost and sewage sludge
  • Fertilizer
  • Nitrogen
  • Nitrous oxide and methane
  • Pesticides
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Threats to biodiversity
  • Tilling
  • Land use reduction
  • Brownfield redevelopment and inner urban development
  • Curbing overdevelopment
  • The CORINE Land Cover (CLC) program
  • Tradable land planning permits
  • Land – a precious resource
  • Erosion
  • Paving and construction
  • Soil biodiversity loss
  • Soil compaction
  • Substances in the soil
  • Learning about and experiencing soil
  • Soil related travel destinations in Germany
  • Site contamination
  • Activities at the federal level
  • Remediation technology
  • Service
  • Site remediation
  • Activities at the federal level
  • Applied-research financing
  • Large scale ecological projects
  • Military and armament contaminated sites
  • Networks, joint regional-state-federal groups, associations
  • Large scale ecological projects
  • Large scale projects under the administrative agreement
  • Soil protection
  • Precautionary soil protection
  • Soil observation and assessment
  • Soil protection law
  • Soil observation and assessment
  • Soil information sharing
  • Soil science
  • Soil development
  • Soil functions
  • Soil of the Year
  • Soil types
  • Toward ecofriendly farming
  • Organic farming
  • The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
  • Sustainability | Strategies | International
  • Corona crisis & environmental and sustainability policy
  • Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES)
  • SDGs: A challenge for sustainability policy
  • Environmental awareness in Germany
  • Environmental law
  • Information as an instrument
  • International cooperation
  • Recognition of environmental and nature protection associations
  • International policy and knowledge transfer
  • The UBA research agenda “Urban environmental protection”
  • SDGs: A challenge for sustainability policy
  • Assessments of SDG Interactions in Transformation Pathways
  • Environmental law
  • Environmental administrative offences and environmental crime
  • International environmental law
  • Access to environmental information
  • Lawful Rights of Participation
  • Access to Justice
  • Laws of environmental liability, harm and criminal actions
  • Immission control law
  • Environmental protection in specific law
  • Better Environmental Regulation
  • Environmental Compliance Assurance
  • International environmental law
  • Geoengineering-Governance
  • Environmental protection in specific law
  • Agricultural law
  • Mining law
  • Public building law
  • Spatial planning law
  • International cooperation
  • Alpine Convention
  • Environmental protection and peacekeeping
  • Recognition of environmental and nature protection associations
  • Legal background to the Environmental Appeals Act
  • Preconditions for Recognition
  • Helpful hints on gaining recognition
  • International policy and knowledge transfer
  • Federal Environment Ministry's Advisory Assistance Programme
  • Project Database: Advisory Assistance Programme
  • UNEP / UNESCO / BMU Training Programme
  • The twinning tool
  • Project Database: Advisory Assistance Programme
  • Green procurement
  • Incorporating green procurement into your organizational practice
  • Recommendations for your tender
  • Life cycle costing
  • Environmental aspects in contract award procedures
  • Research projects
  • Bibliography and links
  • Products
  • Toxic substances in products
  • Building Products
  • Flame Retardants in Products
  • Toxic substances in products
  • Legal provisions
  • Problematic substance properties
  • Building Products
  • European testing procedure for emissions from construction products
  • EU law for construction products
  • Blue Angel for Building Products and Furnishings
  • Odours from building products
  • Research on the measurement and evaluation of pollutants
  • Environmental product declarations for construction products
  • EU law for construction products
  • New Concepts for European Construction Product Standards
  • EU Construction Products Regulation
  • Format for the mandatory designation of construction products
  • Research on the measurement and evaluation of pollutants
  • Formaldehyde emissions: Test conditions for wood-based materials
  • Validation of a leaching test for release from building products
  • Emissions behaviour of wood and wood-based materials
  • Formaldehyde emissions: Test conditions for wood-based materials
  • FAQ on formaldehyde regulations for wood-based materials and furniture
  • Industrial sectors
  • Economy and environment
  • Climate-neutral lifestyle: Consumers lead the way
  • Innovative production processes
  • Plant safety
  • Electronical reporting data
  • Economy and environment
  • Environmentally Harmful Subsidies
  • Environmental protection and employment
  • Environmental protection and employment
  • What qualifications are needed for environmental protection?
  • Innovative production processes
  • Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Risks
  • Plant safety
  • State of the art in safety technology
  • Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGL)
  • Risk management in river basins
  • Natural Hazards Triggering Technical Accidents (Natech)
  • Examples of Good Practice In Natech Risk Management
  • Electronical reporting data
  • XUBetrieb
  • XUBetrieb
  • XUBetrieb Results
  • XUBetrieb Events
  • XUBetrieb XUMunicipal Wastewater
  • XUBetrieb XÖV
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