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Wirtschaft | Konsum, Gesundheit

Safe Construction Products for Health and the Environment:

How much testing is necessary to implement the EC Construction Products Directive?

In the first generation of harmonised standards and approval guidelines in accordance with the framework of the construction products directive, no requirements were included for the fulfilment of Essential requirement no. 3 Hygiene, Health and Environment. These requirements shall be included in the revision of the standards, i.e., in the second generation. For this purpose, the European Commissi…weiterlesen

Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

Impacts of seismic survey activities on whales and other marine biota

International Workshop, Dessau, September 6-7, 2006

The international “Workshop on the Impacts of Seismic Exploration Activities – particularly on whales and other biota” organised by the German Federal Environment Agency in Dessau, Germany, on 6 and 7 September 2006 brought together a wide expertise. All participants appreciated the intensive exchange of scientific information particularly concentrated on academic seismic surveys and the Antarctic…weiterlesen

Wirtschaft | Konsum

BAT determination in selected industrial fields as a contribution to the fulfilment of the climate protection targets and further immission control legal requirements

Partial Project 02: German contribution to the Review of the Reference Document on Best Available Techniques in the Glass Manufacturing Industry

On behalf of the Federal Office for Environment Protection, the Research Association of the German Glass Industry (HVG) elaborated a German contribution to the revision of the BAT guideline for the glass industry beginning in 2007. The major objective of the project was to investigate and document by means of reference plants the best available techniques of the glass industry in the field of the…weiterlesen

Chemikalien, Wirtschaft | Konsum, Gesundheit

Building Products: Determining and avoiding pollutants and odours

Results from a research project

This brochure highlights scientific investigations on building products, performed by the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in co-operation with the Hermann Rietschel Institute of the Technical University of Berlin and commissioned by the Federal Environment Agency (⁠UBA⁠). In the “Environmental and Health Provisions for Building Products – Determination and…weiterlesen

Boden | Fläche, Landwirtschaft, Abfall | Ressourcen, Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

Posterserie Naturschutz beginnt vor der Haustür

Poster: Einkauf mit dem Umweltzeichen + Poster: Abfallverwertung mit der Natur + Poster: Bausteine des naturnahen Gartens

Die Posterserie besteht aus 3 Postern.Bitte beachten Sie, dass pro Bestellung maximal fünf Serien abgegeben werden können. Bitte bestellen Sie über unser Bestellformular.weiterlesen

Nachhaltigkeit | Strategien | Internationales

Grundlagen der Weiterentwicklung von rechtlichen Instrumenten zur Ressourcenschonung

Im Zentrum einer dritten industriellen Revolution sollte mit dem Ziel einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung die Ressourcen- und Energieeffizienz stehen. Diese Studie zeigt Wege zur Optimierung des rechtlichen Instrumentariums zur Schonung der natürlichen Ressourcen auf. Leitbilder hierfür sind neben der Reduzierung des Ressourceneinsatzes vor allem die Steigerung der Ressourceneffizienz. Ansatzpunkte sin…weiterlesen