Publications | Umweltbundesamt

Economy | Consumption

Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control in selected Industrial Activities

Part II "Printing"

- Installations for Surface Treatment using organic solvents for Dressing, Impregnating, Printing, Coating -

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Printing technology is classified into four main printing methods and a range of less usual methods. Many of these less customary processes do not play an important role in today’s industrial production because of their low material flow and energy flux. In the following illustration the relevant processes for the BAT discussion are marked grey. For each of these processes some keywords about esse...read more

Climate | Energy, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

A Systematic Analysis of the Characteristics of Energy Models with Regard to their Suitability for Practical Policy Recommendations for Developing Future Strategies to Mitigate Climate Change

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The results of energy models can have a substantial impact on climate policy debates. The goal of this study is to discuss the theoretical background of the models, to analyse their strengths and weaknesses and to relate the research questions to the models. Here the systemisation approaches will be described and the four most common model type, general equilibrium models, input-output models, opt...read more

Economy | Consumption

Management Guide for Regional Co-operation

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Co-operation" is a topical theme. For many people in society, trade and industry as well as in public administration, co-operation, strategic networks and alliances are an important prerequisite for success and development. Voluntary co-operation is increasingly to be found in different areas of public life: - between towns and communities (inter-communal co-operation), - between societal groups i...read more

Water

TN Interlaboratory Study in Summer 2002

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Total nitrogen (TN) is one of the key parameters to describe the environmental status of aquatic ecosystems. This parameter is included in most national and international monitoring programs and determined by a large number of laboratories. For the comparability in monitoring programs it is essential that the results produced by different laboratories are comparable. To achieve this, different qua...read more

Climate | Energy, Economy | Consumption

Feasibility Study for new Ecolabels For the Product Group: Wood pellet firings

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Waste | Resources, Agriculture

Genetic Engineering and Organic Farming

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There is a world wide consensus among organic farmers not to use genetically engineered organism (GMO). Initially implemented through the guidelines of organic farming associations, this rule has now gained accession to consumer protection legislation in the USA, Japan and the European Union. EURegulation 2092/91/EEC on Organic Agriculture which is equal in rank to national statutory law in all me...read more

Economy | Consumption

Guide to Corporate Environmental Cost Management

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Since the 1970s, numerous corporate environmental cost accounting concepts have been developed for a variety of purposes and decision situations. The development of environmental cost management has gone hand in hand with shifts of emphasis on different issues in environmental policy and focuses in corporate environmental management.read more

Chemicals, Water

Emissions of Heavy Metals and Lindane into River Basins of Germany

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With the completion of this project a quantification of heavy metal and lindane emissions into surface waters is provided for the first time for Germany and for the years 1985, 1995 and 2000. Using the statistical and geographical basic data integrated in the MONERIS model system (Modelling Nutrient Emissions in River Systems), substance inputs were calculated by methods analogous to those used fo...read more