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  • Press release 41/2024 from 18.09.2024 | Last changed: 23.09.2024

    More than 400 submissions – nominees for the German Ecodesign Award 2024 have been announced

    Auf dem Bild sind alle Mitglieder der Jury für den Bundespreis Ecodesign 2024 zu sehen.

    … submissions – nominees for the German Ecodesign Award 2024 have been announced 22 projects have a chance of winning the trophy on 2 December 2024. The jury for the … Award has reached a milestone, as more than 400 innovative and sustainable projects were submitted – a record that demonstrates the high value placed on … the German Environment Agency. The interdisciplinary jury selected 22 outstanding projects that are now in the running for the coveted award. At the award ceremony on …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 19.09.2024

    Cluster Woodland and forestry

    The picture shows a coniferous forest. The bark-free trunk of a damaged spruce tree is visible in the foreground. In the light-coloured wood of this tree the distinct frass traces of a bark beetle are clearly visible.

    … – as for the other climate impacts – there is limited certainty regarding this projection. The experience of recent years has demonstrated – especially in the … assessed as medium – albeit with low certainty – as of the middle of this century. Largescale forest damage can impose major restrictions on the recreational quality … inventory data in respect of the timber increment (cf. Indicator FW-I-2 ). Research projects are underway exploring issues such as the utilisation of satellite image …

  • Press release 35/2023 from 27.09.2023 | Last changed: 14.11.2024

    Nominees selected for the German Ecodesign Award 2023

    The jury posing in front of a building

    … Centre in Berlin (IDZ) Nominees selected for the German Ecodesign Award 2023 26 projects have a chance of winning the award at the prize-giving ceremony on 4 … considered at the jury meeting in the Metropolenhaus Berlin, 26 innovative projects made it to the final selection. These will now have the chance to win the … companies and research institutions are leading the way and implementing concrete projects to shape the transformation towards greater sustainability⁠. The …

  • Press release 03/2020 from 21.01.2020 | Last changed: 30.01.2020

    German Sustainable Building Award launched

    moderner Holzbau mit Flachdach im Grünen

    … und Bauen) will be awarded in 2020 for the first time and aims to distinguish projects that are exemplary role models of sustainability, not only in the classic … quality with climate action and environmental protection is producing many exciting projects. The projects are real examples of the many advantages – including cost – …

  • Press release 38/2018 from 26.11.2018 | Last changed: 06.12.2018

    Award ceremony for winners of 7th German Federal Ecodesign Award

    Logo des Bundespreis Ecodesign 2018

    … this year's winners of the German Federal Ecodesign Award today in Berlin. Winning projects include sustainable silk production, a modularly constructed smartphone, an … Federal Environment Svenja Schulze remarked: "The broad range of the winning projects is proof of the creative solutions to more sustainability in many areas of …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    GE-I-9: Ozone burden

    The picture shows the exhaust pipe of a motor car emitting exhaust gases.

    … GE-I-9: Ozone burden Ozone forms from nitrogen dioxide and volatile organic compounds at high temperature and sun irradiation. The emissions from those … processes produced by precursors − mostly nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds. This entails that ozone concentrations are likely to increase more in rural areas than in conurbations. Especially for the volatile organic compounds, vapours from deciduous and coniferous trees are relevant; biogenic …

  • Press release 31/2016 from 11.10.2016 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    More than beautiful: Jurors select nominees for German Federal Ecodesign Award 2016

    group photo: 10 men and women in front of a building with the writing "Kunstgewerbemuseum"

    … The nominees for the Federal Ecodesign Award 2016 have been selected. A total of 26 projects, services and concepts have won over the interdisciplinary jury for their … categories Product, Service, Concept and Young Talent, the jury has nominated 26 projects from the categories Product, Concept and Young Talent for the German …

  • Press release 36/2021 from 07.09.2021 | Last changed: 29.09.2021

    Bundespreis UMWELT & BAUEN 2021 – Progressive building and refurbishment for more climate protection and social cohesion

    Schriftzug "Bundespreis Umwelt & Bauen" und Bild einer Trophäe aus Holz

    … waste heat in an ice storage. In addition to the main prize winner, another four projects were awarded recognitions, including two in the newly created category … construction. The Award, launched in 2020, is therefore intended to honour beacon projects in sustainable building that show how sustainable building can be realised …

  • Press release 53/2020 from 06.11.2020 | Last changed: 09.11.2020

    Climate change adaptation in Germany – specialist conference on strategies to counter heat, drought and heavy rainfall

    Blaues Logo des Wettbewerbs 2020

    … to climate change – these are the winners of this year’s Blauer Kompass award. The projects were honoured during an online conference on climate resilience organised … in order to take effective precautions against climate change. The local projects in particular show how innovative people are - and the Federal Government …

  • News from 05.10.2021 | Last changed: 14.10.2021

    New research project „ZeroPM“ with UBA participation

    ZeroPM Dreieck

    New research project „ZeroPM“ with UBA participation Three strategies to address … Prioritize, Remove Source: Sarah Hale In autumn 2021, the new European research project "ZeroPM: Zero Pollution of Persistent, Mobile substances" will start. The … persistent and mobile substances as well as contamination from such substances. … New research project „ZeroPM“ with UBA participation

  • News from 26.07.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2024

    Sustainable lifestyles: From the niche to the city centres

    young woman offers things to swap instead of buy in modern furnished store

    … the aftermath of COVID19 and the climate crisis. The UBA coordinated EU Interreg project “NiCE – from niche to centre”, started in May 2023. The project aims to take … contact For more information, visit our website:  https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/nice/ Associated content Launch meeting of the EU Interreg project "NiCE – …