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Press release 39/2019 from 29.10.2019 | Last changed: 01.11.2019

New packaging registry marks first year of success

… in particular, the reusables share has been declining for years (only 42.2% in 2017). Examples of further potential to prevent packaging can be tapped from …

Press release 10/2015 from 17.03.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

New "Blue Angel" for data centers

… a gradual reduction of the amounts of HFCs used, this will only enter into force in 2017. However, the requirements of the revised Blue Angel already require …

Press release 30/2023 from 04.09.2023 | Last changed: 05.09.2023

New UBA building serves as a model for sustainable construction

When in operation, the building will be entirely self-sufficient in renewable energy – through photovoltaics and a heat pump.

… defects Construction of the new UBA building began in 2016. As early as the end of 2017, defective work on the façade was discovered, in particular in the area of …

Newsletter from 11.06.2020 | Last changed: 11.06.2020

Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 3/2020

… million people in Germany were employed in the environmental protection sector in 2017, says a recent report by the German Environment Agency (UBA). The importance of … force was employed in the environmental protection sector, rising to 6.4 percent in 2017 . CO2 emissions per kilowatt hour of electricity in further decline in 2019 The … EU. Companies, scientists and NGOs are invited to fill in the questionnaire, before 31 July 2020, to generate further information. Submission of comments on the …

Press release 39/09 from 23.06.2009 | Last changed: 01.07.2013

Three countries act in concert for more protection of natural resources

… -6703 Switzerland: Federal Office for the Environment, Press Services, Tel. +41 (0) 31 322 90 00 23 June 2009 Associated content Documents Three countries act in …

Press release 28/2015 from 04.08.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

Environmental data shows that transport sector is not on course in environmental protection

… volume is still too high. Road freight traffic expenditure increased by about 31% between 2000 and 2013. "We strongly urge a shifting from road freight to the …

Press release 14/2015 from 31.03.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

UBA's 2014 emissions data indicates trend reversal in climate protection

Coal-fired power station Jänschwalde in Germany

… compared to the international reference year 1990. Press release No. 14/2015 | 31.03.2015 Federal Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks said: "The trend is …

Press release 31/2023 from 05.09.2023 | Last changed: 24.10.2023

Water resources must be better protected

… and calling on the chemical industry to take immediate action. Press release No. 31/2023 | 05.09.2023 PMT/vPvM substances are at the same time persistent (P), mobile …

Press release 31/2024 from 03.07.2024 | Last changed: 02.08.2024

Making cities resilient to extreme weather events

Ein sitzt an einem Fluss, lehnt an einem Buch und liest ein Buch.

… Management Act, the Building Code and funding programmes. Press release No. 31/2024 | 03.07.2024 The average annual temperature and the frequency and intensity …

Press release 22/2022 from 27.04.2022 | Last changed: 15.06.2022

Parts of the European population have alarmingly high levels of pollutant exposure

… HBM4EU has been pooling, collecting and evaluating data at European level since 2017. At the international final conference of the project on 27-28 April in …

Press release 37/2019 from 11.10.2019 | Last changed: 29.10.2019

Exposure to chemicals in the human body can now be compared for all of Europe

… Norway, Iceland, Israel and Switzerland), this project was launched in early 2017 by the Federal Environment Agency and runs until the end of 2021. The main aim …

Press release 01/2018 from 15.01.2018 | Last changed: 14.02.2018

"Good design has nothing to hide"

… planned. The exhibition entitled Neu gedacht featuring the winners and nominees of 2017 will open on the same date as the announcement of this year's competition: 15 …