Umweltbundesamt
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For the German public, environmental protection is the most important problem in Germany after the labour market. People attach great importance to the quality of environmental assets - such as climate, water, soil or air. This is reflected by public and private expenditure on protection of the environment: in 2003 the state and industry spent a combined total of €34.1 billion on water conservatio...read more
A great deal has changed for the German waste management industry in recent decades. Purely waste disposal firms have become highly specialised suppliers and experts for efficient recycling and energy generation. In 1990, the German municipal waste management sector still burdened the climate with nearly 38m tonnes of climate-damaging gas.read more
The legal basis for soil protection in the Federal Republic of Germany is: - The Act on Protection against Harmful Changes to Soil and on Rehabilitation of Contaminated Sites (Federal Soil Protection Act) (Bundes-Bodenschutzgesetz - BBodSchG) of 1998. The Federal Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Ordinance (BBodSchV) of 1999. read more
Flyer for the offices of the Federal Environment Agency in Dessau. Visitors who wish to be fully informed about the architectural and environmental design of the new building and head to the atrium can join one of the guided tours.read more
With its characteristic shape and the colour scheme of its facade, the UBA’s new main building blends in well with its surroundings. A four-storey ‘snake’ of offices and functional rooms wraps around a public forum and the atrium, which is reserved for Agency staff. Both spaces are covered by a glass shed roof, into which textile solar protection and – over the atrium – a photovoltaic system has b...read more
The geothermal heat exchanger consists of three fields in the western and one larger field in the southern part of the site. They form a subterranean system of pipes with a total length of almost 5 km, through which air flows. Outside air enters the system via three intake structures on the western side of the building. After passage through the heat exchanger pipes, the air is fed to four air-han...read more
Engines have become more efficient over the past ten years, but this increase in efficiency has been offset to a large extent by greater comfort and higher performance. German automakers will have to adjust their policy. - Future mobility – today‘s best investment - Environmental protection – a barrier to investment for agriculture? - Emissions trading – the engine of climate policyread more
The UBA’s motto, For our environment (“Für Mensch und Umwelt”), sums up our mission pretty well, we feel. In this video we give an insight into our work.
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