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Article from 26.06.2025 | Last changed: 08.12.2025

European Methane Regulation

… The composition depends largely on the substrates used. The methane content is around 60 percent. Biogas is often converted into electricity directly onsite. When it … is just one part of the EU's Fit for 55 package. This comprises a multitude of programmes and mechanisms to reduce emissions in the EU. The sectors agriculture, …

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 … to live. The funding systems are structured in such a way that there are funding programmes that are for all regions and economic sectors and programmes that are for …

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

… 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

… 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

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… 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 … about the priority topics of chemical research at the UBA in the UBA’s Research Programme (pp. 43- 47). Vector Control Testing Facility UBA operates state of the …

Article from 20.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

Coronavirus/climate/innovation: why we have to save tomorrow's

… frequently SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises), but can often be recently-founded businesses and start-ups. These drivers of innovation are threatened by the … 2019, the DBU has so far invested more than 2 million Euros in the Green Start-up Programme, with its key focus on digitalisation, in 18 innovation-oriented green …

Article from 22.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

Getting through the crisis: with the right goals in mind

… have a transformative character. Traditional consumer aid and economic stimulus programmes alone won’t be enough. Clear guidelines and a clear economic framework … have a transformative character. Traditional consumer aid and economic stimulus programmes alone won’t be enough. Clear guidelines and a clear economic framework …

Article from 06.06.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

The virus has made it clear: the future is now

… has made it clear: the future is now Accelerated by a virus, we have suddenly found ourselves in a possible future. The existen-tial threat appears as if through a … Development and Environment (CDE). He is the co-chair of Future Earth’s Global Land Programme (GLP) and was the co-chair of the group of 15 independent scientists …

Article from 11.05.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

The coronavirus pandemic and protecting the climate – some discus

… restructuring of the economy. This should take the following criteria into account under all circumstances: a greater focus on the consequential social and ecological … the measures from the December 2019 Climate Package; the aligning of other support programmes for the economy with the needs of climate and environmental protection …