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  • Article from 30.09.2025 | Last changed: 01.10.2025

    Resources Commission at the UBA (currently inactive)

    Excavators at work in an open pit

    … The Resource Commission at the German Environment Agency (UBA) was launched in 2013 to generate and share knowledge and expertise on the more sustainable use of … growth. In view of a forecasted further increase in the global population to around 10 billion people by 2050, the Resource Commission at UBA aims at identifying … für Klima, Umwelt, Energie) Prof. Dr. Bruno Oberle (President World Resource Forum, Member IRP, International Resource Panel) Prof. Dr. Armin Reller (Emeritus, …

  • Article from 17.06.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Switchgear

    Illustration of a typical gas-insulated switchgear

  • Article from 26.03.2019 | Last changed: 19.02.2020

    Building air conditioning

    A lot of room air conditioners hangig on the face of a building

    … temperate climate zone where, by virtue of the country’s mean annual temperature of 10 °C, only a moderate amount of air conditioning is needed. The air conditioning in … internal loads. Moreover, cooling such spaces with air conditioning requires around 100 times more energy than is the case with dwellings. Only around one to two … In Germany, stationary air conditioning units caused 405 tons of HFC emissions in 2010, or 717,400 tons CO 2 equivalent. Split air conditioners (mono and multisplit or …

  • Article from 08.10.2020 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Application domains and emission reduction

    … has prompted the development of numerous alternative solutions. last update on 08.10.2020 Application domains and possible substitutes Fluorinated greenhouse gases … updated report Avoiding Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases – Prospects for Phasing Out (2010) shows that measures aimed at avoiding the use of F-gases and replacing them with …

  • Article from 27.06.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    German emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases

    … IPCC Reporting Guidelines Publications Implementierung der ab dem Berichtsjahr 2013 gültigen IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories 2006 in die … the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol 2013 Emissions and Reduction Potentials of Hydrofluorocarbons, Perfluorocarbons and …

  • Article from 20.07.2023 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Persistent fluorinated greenhouse gases

    The atmospheric concentration increases. It was 10 ppt in 2020.

    … has grown at the fastest rate among fluorinated greenhouse gases, 12%/yr over 2013-2016. This was stated in a 2018 report by the EU Commission. PFCs are used in a … has grown at the fastest rate among fluorinated greenhouse gases, 12%/yr over 2013-2016. This was stated in a 2018 report by the EU Commission. PFCs are used in a …

  • Article from 24.07.2019 | Last changed: 04.11.2021

    Safe management of drinking water supplies

    Scheme of the Water Safety Plan concept: What can go wrong in our water supply? What risks does this cause for our supply? How can we control them? How do we know that they are under control?

    … European level, the WSP-approach was first taken up through the DIN-EN 15975-2 in 2013. UBA, together with the Water Technology Centre (TZW), developed a manual for … European level, the WSP-approach was first taken up through the DIN-EN 15975-2 in 2013. UBA, together with the Water Technology Centre (TZW), developed a manual for …

  • Article from 29.12.2022 | Last changed: 02.01.2023

    Identifying and managing flood risks

    Comprehensive and river basin-wide management is needed to deal with floods.

    … potential). Floods are divided into "frequently occurring events" (occurring every 10 to 25 years), "moderate" (occurring at least once in 100 years or less frequently), and "rare events/extreme events" (occurring once in … defined as areas where a flood event is statistically expected to occur once every 100 years. Flood damage can therefore also occur outside the defined floodplains, …

  • Article from 23.04.2025 | Last changed: 23.06.2025

    Research and development projects on nanomaterials

    Nano structures

    … 2014 Toxikologie von Nanomaterialien, Wirkmechanismen und Kanzerogenität 2013 2012 2010 2008 2007 2006 Related contents Neuartige Materialien Wissenswertes …

  • Article from 28.11.2019 | Last changed: 13.02.2020

    Nanotechnology

    Nano structures

    … Nanotechnology Nano structures are more than 1000 times smaller than the diameter of an human hair Source: eugenesergeev / … and materials composed of structurally definable particles on a scale of about 100 nanometres (1 nm = 10-9 m) or less in at least one dimension. last update on 28.11.2019 Nanotechnology …

  • Article from 11.09.2017 | Last changed: 31.08.2023

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