Further online services of the UBA

Welcome to the guarantees of origin register (HKNR) for electricity from renewable energies of the German Environment Agency. Pursuant to section 42 of the Energy Industry Act an electricity supply enterprise is only allowed to designate green electricity and in such quantity of electricity disclosure as to have cancelled guarantees of origin with the HKNR.

This is a database where teachers can retrieve in-depth teaching materials on various topics related to water. The focus is on water as a resource for mankind to protect and cherish, and on the protection of water bodies.

The information system infosis publishes timely information on notifiable and non-notifiable events in technical installations. In addition, it provides information on the state of safety technology for different types of installations. It thus makes a contribution to the prevention of major accidents and the further development of safety technology.

The National Competence Center for Sustainable Consumption, established by the federal government at the German Environment Agency, coordinates the implementation of the National Programme for Sustainable Consumption and involves all federal government departments and corresponding subordinate agencies.

Open access publication server of the German Environment Agency (UBA). UBA publications and publications by UBA employees can be searched here in a structured and simple way and the search results can be filtered flexibly. The publications can be cited using a DOI.

This site provides detailed information on persistent organic pollutants (POP) and explains the scientific background and criteria for evaluation of these pollutants. Site also features reports on these toxins as they pertain to the environment and health as well as a database with the conclusive results of tests.

This website provides basic data on the production of various products and how they are processed. Also has numerical information on costs and benefits of processes.

To protect bodies of water from detrimental changes to their characteristics caused by substances that are hazardous to water emanating from facilities it is required that substances and mixtures are classified for their water-hazardous properties. There are three water hazard classes (WGK). You can search for WGK of currently published WGK classifications in the public section of this webpage.  

The Roundtable coordinates Germany's activities to combat marine litter. It discusses proposals and develops concrete strategies for their implementation. The participants of the Roundtable on Marine Litter include some 130 experts from the fishing industry, shipping, the plastics industry, wastewater management, environmental associations, public authorities and government.

This is a dictionary service exploring unknown technical terms. Enter the word or related terms and get a definition and reference to related terminology.

This database contains information on chemical substances and compounds in condensed and searchable form, including physico-chemical and toxicity data as well as information on occupational safety measures, analysis methods and values laid down in the German Federal Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Ordinance (BBodSchV).

State aid is available for electricity-intensive production processes to some sectors and subsectors of the economy. The German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt) at the German Environment Agency is the authority responsible for granting electricity price compensation.