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  • Article from 07.07.2020 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    Research and funding

    Research and funding Strategic financing of applied research has considerably … site-contamination R&D since the 1980s, to the tune of more than €300 million in funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and third parties. … implemented by the SOILveR - Soil and Land Research Funding Platform for Europe . … Research and funding

  • Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Large scale ecological projects

    Major projects

    … Locations of major projects Source: Frauenstein PDF-Datei (Download) (491.85 kB) Under the unification treaty that was concluded with the former East Germany, the … as an impediment to investment, create jobs, and retain existing jobs. Under the unification treaty that was concluded with the former East Germany at the … laws. The federal government and regional states agreed to undertake 21 large scale ecological projects, based on economic and environmental …

  • Article from 07.07.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Activities at the federal level

    … Soil protection and contaminated-site remediation fall to the federal government under the BBodSchG law and BBodSchV regulation, and are enforced by the various … specific rights and duties. The government’s property portfolio was managed by the Bundesvermögensverwaltung from 1950 to 2004, and thereafter by the Bundesanstalt für Immobilienaufgaben (BImA). The BImA agency manages the federal …

  • Article from 04.07.2013 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    Site remediation

    … which likewise fall to the authorities. Such investigations centre around the manner in which the site in question was used (e.g. accidents or spills that … is not set in stone. In the event a given investigation provides an indisputably sound basis for a definitive hazard assessment, the authorizing body can decide to … which are obtained using technical investigation measures such as soil and groundwater sample assays. The preliminary nature of such investigations is reflected …

  • Article from 30.06.2025 | Last changed: 01.07.2025

    Structural policy for the socio-ecological transformation

    … and live together. Structural policy supports developments mostly with the help of funding mechanisms. From an environmental and sustainability perspective, it is … a form of economic policy that is designed to help shape economic change through funding measures. To this end, politicians consider what is important to them in the … policy. Both in Germany and in the European Union, structural policy includes funding measures to support economic sectors and regions in remaining attractive. Of …

  • Article from 10.08.2020 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Remediation technology

    … site. last update on 10.08.2020 Remediation measures Section 2(7) of the Bundes-Bodenschutzgesetz (BBodSchG) law defines the term “remediation measures” as … purposes is more sustainable than conventional excavation. Moreover, soil and groundwater cleanup efficiency can be optimized through the development of more … sites has proven successful. Thereby sources of contamination as well as foundations on old sites can be excavated precisely. Source: Frauenstein Investigation …

  • Article from 26.11.2018 | Last changed: 13.02.2025

    Leaching tests for emissions from building products

    … emissions from building products Building products which come into contact with groundwater or rainwater should not release harmful amounts of pollutants. An … pollutants are dissolved of a construction product using water as solvent (eluent) under specified conditions. The eluted substances in the eluates generated in the … in all the mortar tests carried out. The very good consistency of the test results under the various test conditions shows that the analysed test methods are …

  • Article from 24.04.2014 | Last changed: 24.04.2014

    Emissions behaviour of wood and wood-based materials

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    … produce emissions of various different substances, including volatile organic compounds ( VOC ). A research project by BAM, the Federal Institute for Materials … and from OSBs in particular. Masked sample (9.6 -cm open narrow surface) Source: Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung AgBB Scheme for the Evaluation of VOC emissions The AgBB evaluation …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Sustainable resource use in the leisure sector

    Top view of a soccer field

    … at a concert – leisure activities are a welcome change from everyday life and are fundamental to our well-being. Leisure activities are of great ecological relevance, … energy sources, metals, minerals and renewable raw materials. This is a share of around 13% of total German raw material consumption. The research project The UBA … 2024-2027 Project No.: FKZ 3720 31 101 0 Contractors : ifeu – Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung Heidelberg gGmbH, Öko-Institut e. V., Franziska Mohaupt    …

  • Article from 06.11.2015 | Last changed: 06.11.2015

    Chemical research at UBA

    A woman in the apron of the chemistry works in the laboratory. You are filled with liquid glass vessels

    … research at UBA One of UBA’s many laboratories for chemical research Source: Umweltbundesamt The UBA carries out research in its own laboratories on the effects of … Chemical research at UBA The Chemical Safety Division tests chemicals and compounds in its own laboratories, making use of the results to carry out evaluations. … of chemical and biological substances in rivers and lakes, thus allowing research under near-natural conditions in the environment. Organic trace analysis makes it …

  • Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    BO-I-3: Rainfall erosivity

    The legend comprises six categories for the rainfall erosivity (unit: kilojoules per square metre multiplied by millimetres per hour) as a district average for the years 2017 to 2021.

    … the weathering of rock and the decomposition of organic matter, takes at least a hundred years. Soil losses, for instance resulting from erosion by water or wind, are … falls as rain, and when this rain falls on patchy vegetation cover on soils under agricultural use, the outcome may involve substantial soil losses. … agricultural crops (cf. Indicator LW-I-1 ). Presumably, any resulting changes in ground cover are likely to increase the risk of erosion even more. Gaps in the …

  • Article from 14.01.2025 | Last changed: 30.01.2025

    Shaping environmental policy in a socially responsible way

    Reichstag building

    … Shaping environmental policy in a socially responsible way German Bundestag: Social issues are becoming increasingly important in environmental policy … Dekarbonisierung im Gebäudebestand Ernährungsprofile deutscher Haushalte und Verteilungswirkungen einer Mehrwertsteuerreform im Bedürfnisfeld Ernährung CO₂-Bepreisung im Verkehrs- und Gebäudebereich sozialverträglich gestalten Der Klima-Sozialfonds im …