… the environment Special award for sustainable building and "Blue Angel Award" for 2014 Reinhold Schlierkamp, CEO of KYOCERA Deutschland, receives the award. Source: … of its construction projects for sustainability criteria since 2011. The updated guide on sustainable building (Leitfaden Nachhaltiges Bauen) is mandatory for all …

… dioxide (NO2) per cubic metre (m3) air. Particulates also continued to exceed limit values. Compared to earlier years, 2013 was nevertheless a year which registered … on public health, especially in consideration of the much stricter air quality guidelines recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).” Press release No. …

… raw material consumption now stands at 97 % of the initial level marking the lowest value since 2010. There was a noticeable reduction of 0.7 tonnes per capita between … formulated a significant reduction in primary raw material consumption by 2045 as a guiding principle. A raw material footprint of 6-8 tons is considered an ambitious … - Berichtszeitraum 2000-2022" ( in German only ). To calculate the index values on which this indicator is based, the Federal Statistical Office uses more …

… loss of grassland was largely halted with the EU agricultural policy introduced in 2014, and the area of grassland has not fallen below the 2013 level since then. … help to protect the climate by storing carbon. Permanent grassland is of particular value. It is defined as meadows and pastures that have not been used as arable land … had declined by 12 % to around 4.7 m ha. With the EU agricultural policy from 2014 and onwards, the preservation of permanent grassland was regulated via the …

… definition of policy objectives Changes in social and environmental conditions (guidelines) for adaptation policy and adaptive capacity in Germany Project duration: 2011-2014, FKZ 3711 41 102 This project aims at a better understanding of the adaptive … Federal Environment Agency has been operating the “ Climate Navigator ”, an online guide for climate change adaptation for municipalities and enterprises, since 2010 …

… dirtiest fuel, incurring environmental damage amounting to 16.8 billion euros in 2014 alone. A phase-out of lignite-fired power generation is urgent. Press release … dirtiest fuel, incurring environmental damage amounting to 16.8 billion euros in 2014 alone. A phase-out of lignite-fired power generation is urgent. … Many mine … natural lakes. However, lignite remains the dirtiest of all sources of energy. In 2014 alone lignite caused environmental damage in the amount of 16.8 billion euros. …

… Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety Environmental quality and innovation go hand in hand: nominations for the Bundespreis Ecodesign 2014 (German Federal Ecodesign Award) Federal Environment Ministry and Federal … for the third time The jury of the Bundespreis Ecodesign (Federal Ecodesign Award) 2014 at Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin Source: Kühnapfel Fotografie It was no easy job …

… Agency (UBA), Heinrich Freiherr (Baron) von Lersner died on Tuesday, 26 August 2014 in Berlin. Lersner, born on 14 July 1930 in Stuttgart, headed the UBA for 21 … – from the time just after its foundation to the present day." Press release No. 38/2014 | 29.08.2014 After finishing secondary school in 1950 Mr von Lersner started law studies in …

… hydrocarbons (here sum of the 16 EPA PAHs) into surface waters in Germany (average value 2012 to 2016) Source: UBA Download image (5.45 MB) The following contents … waters … (here sum of the 16 EPA PAHs) into surface waters in Germany (average value 2012 to 2016) … Figure 3: Spatial distribution of the area-specific emissions …