… the German Environment Agency (UBA) explores the nexus between climate protection and associated resource requirements. Using six scenarios, different development paths are explored and insights gained on how to reduce future resource use and greenhouse-gas emissions in Germany. last update on 24.06.2020 Background A …

… Erhard Collection: „Waste – A look back” Waste disposal in England (copperplate engraving, H. Phyne, 1805) Source: Sammlung Erhard A selection of … Environmental Library. The collection is available to all interested parties. It documents the technology and organisation of waste disposal and recycling, mainly …

… (SF₆), which has a very high global warming potential, is used for insulation and arc quenching in switchgear. SF₆ emissions have been successfully reduced thanks … an intensive dialog with manufacturers and users through interviews and expert workshops the project was concluded with the publication of the final report … (PDF, in German) UBA web page: EU Regulation on fluorinated greenhouse gases Documents Concept for SF6-free transmission and distribution of electrical energy …

… for buses New coaches are normally air conditioned. Increasing numbers of city and intercity buses also got mobile air conditioning. I n 1993, the proportion of … the bus’s lifetime considerably amounts of the refrigerant emit to the atmosphere and thus contribute to the greenhouse effect. On average,  mobile air conditioning … in Germany (PDF, in German) DUH Final Report (DBU Project, 2015, in German) Documents Mobile Air Conditioning: Environmentally Sound Alternatives (1.38 MB) Tags …

… Building air conditioning Room air conditioners contain environmentally harmful HFCs and use a lot of electricity. Source: kanvag / Fotolia.com It is only recently that air conditioning has become relatively common in German buildings. The high standard of living has ramped up expectations concerning comfort and convenience in the home and particularly at the workplace, and this in turn has …

… / Adobe Stock Heat pumps are coming into increasing use for heating of buildings and for hot water production in commercial as well as industrial applications. Heat … friendly because the global warming potentials of these refrigerants are very low and no persistent degradation products are formed from the emitted refrigerants. … 230 ) can be used to label appliances that use natural (halogen-free) refrigerants and are characterized - beyond the legal requirements - by additional …

… refrigeration Supermarkets should cool climate friendly, energy-efficient and without fluorocarbon. Source: Bernard Bailly / Fotolia.com According to the VDMA, around 36,500 centralized refrigeration systems and over 540,000 plug-in refrigeration units were installed in German supermarkets, … to Climate Protection 1987–2017: 30th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol Documents Supermarket Refrigeration: Environmentally Sound Alternatives (1.21 MB) …

… Emissions and degradation products Sun and clouds over the Indian Ocean Source: NASA Fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases, … (HF) the persistent and very mobile trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) can be formed. … Emissions and degradation products …