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  • Article from 22.05.2019 | Last changed: 28.05.2019

    Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

    … (Regulation (EC) No 850/2004) and entails extensive reporting requirements for the Member States. The German Ordinance on Surface Waters also regulates 14 of … Mean concentrations of POP in 2014-2016 Source: German Environment Agency based on data supplied by LAWA - 2018 Exceedances for total hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCH), … limits on the production, use and release of several of these 14 POPs have been in effect in Germany since the 1980s. Their concentrations in the environment remain …

  • Article from 04.01.2019 | Last changed: 04.01.2019

    Sustainability evaluation of case studies

    … chemistry, UBA (FG IV 1.1) has developed a sustainability reference framework for these case studies. This reference framework is essentially qualitative in nature, but uses quantitative data as far as it is already available for the case studies. The aim of the workshop … impacts of the project paramount - or both? Distinguish between efficiency and effectiveness. Structure the documentation of case studies more systematically. A …

  • Article from 24.06.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2020

    RESCUE – Resource-Efficient Pathways to Greenhouse-Gas-Neutrality

    picture symbolizing the interdependencies between greenhouse gas emissions and raw material use

    … RESCUE – Resource-Efficient Pathways to Greenhouse-Gas-Neutrality Raw material use effects greenhouse gas emissions – but low carbon technologies need resources, too. … the German Environment Agency (UBA) explores the nexus between climate protection and associated resource requirements. Using six scenarios, different development … production and subsequent consumption of goods and services are the main driving forces behind energy and resource demands. Extraction and use of fossil and nuclear …

  • Landing page from 03.12.2025

    Data on the environment

    Data on the environment Here in the section "Data on the environment" you will find current data, trends and assessments on the environmental situation in Germany. You get direct access to … Create your customized indicator report © Umweltbundesamt How good is the air quality at the individual measuring sites? … Here in the section "Data on the …

  • Article from 29.02.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Airguns - an underestimated disruptive factor

    Finnwal

    … on their sense of hearing and their ability to hear their environment is essential for their survival. Man-made underwater noise is now virtually unceasing in all of … about hearing in baleen whales is very limited and there is a lack of empirical data with which to evaluate sound propagation. The study outcome indicates that masking effects of airgun signals are likely and that significant impacts on the …

  • Article from 18.03.2014 | Last changed: 23.10.2020

    Erhard Collection: „Waste – A look back”

    a man in a street collecting waste

    … Erhard Collection: „Waste – A look back” Waste disposal in England (copperplate engraving, H. Phyne, 1805) Source: Sammlung Erhard A selection of … Berlin engineer Karl M. Meyer initiated the „Auskunftsstelle für Müllbeseitung“ ("Information Centre for Waste Disposal"). It was implemented in the same year by the companies Schmidt …

  • Article from 17.06.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Switchgear

    Illustration of a typical gas-insulated switchgear

    … Sulphur hexafluoride (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 … . Also suitable policy, legislative, regulatory and economic measures to achieve an effective reduction of SF 6 in new systems were explored. SF 6 technology can only …

  • Article from 11.07.2024 | Last changed: 11.07.2024

    Eco-friendly transport refrigeration

    … Eco-friendly transport refrigeration Transport of refrigerated and chilled products like food is on the rise worldwide. Whether goods are … having less impact on the climate. last update on 11.07.2024 Natural refrigerants for transport refrigeration Increasing volumes  of frozen or chilled products are … In the UBA report titled "Avoiding Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases – Prospects for Phasing Out", there is more information available concerning various …

  • Article from 02.08.2024 | Last changed: 02.08.2024

    Climate friendly mobile air conditioning for buses

    a black and yellow bus of the BVG with inscription "CO2"

    Climate friendly mobile air conditioning for buses Bus of Berlin’s public transport company (BVG) with CO2 air conditioning … 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 … of the refrigerant emit to the atmosphere and thus contribute to the greenhouse effect. On average,  mobile air conditioning systems in buses lose around 15 percent …

  • 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

    … 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 … heat is conveyed outside through a tube via air flow. This creates an extraction effect whereby warm outside air flows back into the room. If the exhaust tube passes … buildings, other facilities and buildings such as clean rooms, labs and data centers also need air conditioning that can be provided by the technologies …

  • Article from 21.08.2023 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Heat pumps

    Luft-Wasser-Wärmepumpe

    … Source: Gerd / 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 …