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  • Press release 50/2021 from 15.12.2021 | Last changed: 28.12.2021

    Significant lower share of renewable electricity in Germany in 2021

    Bild zu Windkraftanlagen als Alternative für die Energieerzeugung im Kaliningrader Gebiet

    … fleet: The construction of new photovoltaic units has increased steadily since 2014. Newly installed capacity in 2021 is expected to be just under 5,000 megawatts … year. However, the addition of new capacity still lags significantly behind the 2014-2017 period. A record 4,891 MW was added in 2017, but the newly installed …

  • Press release 20/2015 from 01.06.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Contest for 'Blue Angel Prize 2015' has started

    Bühne bei der Preisverleihung Blauer Engel-Preis 2012

    … and Cities, and the German Länder. Previous "Blue Angel Prize" winners Kyocera (2014) Heller-Leder GmbH (2013) J.W.Ostendorf GmbH & Co. KG (2012) Associated content …

  • Press release 57/2020 from 20.11.2020 | Last changed: 24.11.2020

    Invisible Waste – waste that is out of sight

    volle Restmülltonne

    … EWWR. The German Environment Agency (UBA) is the specialist point of contact. Since 2014 coordination has been in the hands of the German Association of Local Utilities …

  • Press release 33/2015 from 25.09.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Efficient space and water heaters

    a cat is sleeping on a radiator

    … There were some 680,000 units on the heating appliances market in Germany in 2014, of which 590,000 were gas and oil-fired boilers, and of which another …

  • Press release 26/2017 from 24.07.2017 | Last changed: 07.08.2017

    Good indoor air quality is in jeopardy

    A craftsman laying a wooden floor.

    … the energy sector must halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, compared to 2014. This means that more than half of the power generation capacity of hard coal …

  • Press release 45/2015 from 08.12.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    German diet is a strain on the climate

    Eine Vielzahl von abgepacktem und rohem Fleisch

    … Another trend: about 40 percent of all households are 1-person households (2014). This usually means more living space for the , which is tied to higher energy …

  • Press release 37/2016 from 22.11.2016 | Last changed: 10.02.2017

    Joint action for man and the environment

    UBA's President Maria Krautzberger and actor Oliver Mommsen at SOS Children’s Village Berlin

    … sponsor for a long time and an environmental ambassador for the Blue Angel since 2014“, said Oliver Mommsen during his visit to the SOS village in Berlin’s Moabit …

  • Article from 29.08.2022 | Last changed: 02.02.2023

    Assessing and regulating of chemical mixtures under REACH

    zwei Reagenzgläser mit verschiedenen Flüssigkeiten

    … mixtures were investigated in a research project initiated by UBA (Bunke et al. 2014). Specific assessments using existing concepts are theoretically possible for … Fritz Kalberlah, Jan Oltmanns, Markus Schwarz, Antonia Reihlen, Ninja Reineke (2014): Mixtures in the Environment – Development of Assessment Strategies for the Regulation of Chemicals under REACH; Ed. Enken Hassold, Nannett Aust; Texte 65/2014, 08/2014; Umweltbundesamt; FKZ 3711 63 429; …

  • Article from 08.05.2014 | Last changed: 28.04.2022

    Waste regulations

    Golden paragraph mark surrounded by grey and white paragraph sign

    … and political conditions it also requires legal choices. last update on 08.05.2014 Legal framework European laws Waste disposal is governed by a number of … Act (KrWG), notification and permit requirements will take effect on 1 June 2014 for companies that collect or transport waste as an ancillary activity, i.e. … Act (KrWG), notification and permit requirements will take effect on 1 June 2014 for companies that collect or transport waste as an ancillary activity, i.e. …

  • Article from 05.01.2024 | Last changed: 11.01.2024

    Waste prevention

    A waste container being emptied

    … effective waste prevention measures. The waste prevention dialogues of the years 2014-2017 formed a first important focus, which are now being held again in 2021 on … and economic enterprises (German: Verband kommunaler Unternehmen e.V.) since August 2014. Further information can be found here . Associated content Links European Week … effective waste prevention measures. The waste prevention dialogues of the years 2014-2017 formed a first important focus, which are now being held again in 2021 on …