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  • Press release 44/2023 from 04.12.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2023

    The German Ecodesign Award 2023 goes to twelve pioneering projects

    The jury posing in front of a building

    … Ecodesign Award went to the following projects: Young talent category Layers of Value | Virginia Reil (Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt) “Layers of Value” is a new method of using industrial textile waste. Fabric remnants are … Jan Sagasser (Schwäbisch Gmünd University of Design, Baden-Württemberg) The design guidelines for the production of consumer electronics take user behaviour into …

  • Press release 40/2014 from 16.09.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Saving water: wise, overdone or practiced too excessively?

    dripping shower head

    … new UBA study shows why and where it still pays to save water. Press release No. 40/2014 | 16.09.2014 Germany is in the relatively comfortable position of having enough water to …

  • Press release 05/2014 from 29.01.2014 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    Putting power gluttons on a diet

    smartphones

    … is not in use and which may be using power in standby mode." Press release No. 05/2014 | 29.01.2014 These standby losses are particularly unnecessary as it is usually easy to test …

  • Press release 32/2023 from 15.09.2023 | Last changed: 30.11.2023

    European Mobility Week: Sustainable mobility saves energy

    A banner reads: "European Mobility Week 16 to 22 September Mix and Move! - climate-friendly mobility."

    … – whether with the X8 all-terrain wheelchair, the Outdoor Active Challenge or guided hikes. In addition, the support materials of the EMW national coordination …

  • Press release 07/2020 from 12.02.2020 | Last changed: 08.04.2020

    Art and the environment “Zero Waste” exhibition in Leipzig

    Ein Frauengesicht mit Plastikstücken

    … by an extensive programme of events with activists and scientists. Dialogical guided tours with experts from different fields and a film screening with subsequent … “Art and the Environment” series. The project is rounded off by panel discussions, guided tours, conversations with the artists and workshops for the public and the …

  • Press release 25/2020 from 22.06.2020 | Last changed: 06.02.2024

    ZERO WASTE

    Raul Walch. Laborant’s Pause, 2018. Inkjet-Print. Copyright: Raul Walch

    … the spread of the coronavirus and, if necessary, only via digital transmission, a guided tour format with experts from various fields, performances and a film … series since the mid-1980s. Discussion rounds, discussions with artists, guided tours and workshops for the public and employees round off the series. The …

  • Press release 43/2020 from 21.09.2020 | Last changed: 25.09.2020

    30 years of unified Germany: a plus for the environment too

    Der Brocken im Nebel

    … especially in the industrial area around Leipzig/Halle/Weißenfels/Bitterfeld. With values of over 400 micrograms per cubic metre (μg/m³) on an annual average, … times higher than in the West German Ruhr area. By way of comparison, the highest values today are around 10 µg/m³. It was only when power stations and industrial …

  • Press release 44/2013 from 11.11.2013 | Last changed: 10.12.2013

    Bundespreis Ecodesign prize is awarded

    Trophies with the logo of the Bundespreis Ecodesign an the names of the winners standing on a table

    … sound way.“ The original prize-winning projects can be seen starting February 2014. The first stop of the Bundespreis Ecodesign touring exhibition is Ludwigsburg. … The next round of the Bundespreis Ecodesign award starts as soon as January 2014. The Federal Ministry for Environment and the Federal Environment Agency began …

  • Press release 13/2020 from 20.03.2020 | Last changed: 27.03.2020

    UBA names water body type of the year 2020

    Ein kleiner Bachabschnitt fließt durch ein Waldstück

    … as reservoirs. Less bare wasteland along the water also means more recreational value. The German Environment Agency therefore recommends designating official water …