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  • Newsletter from 09.02.2023 | Last changed: 09.02.2023

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 1/2023

    … heat islands and for a comfortable indoor climate The intensity of heat islands in urban areas with many sealed surfaces and little vegetation is increasing due to …

  • Newsletter from 13.12.2019 | Last changed: 13.12.2019

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 6/2019

    … ship, a house made from cardboard, integrating mealworm farms in bakeries, an urban e-bike sharing system – the winners of the eighth Federal Ecodesign Award …

  • Newsletter from 10.06.2021 | Last changed: 10.06.2021

    Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 3/2021

    … Spillages of biocides and zinc from new build or redevelopment sites into the urban environment are worryingly high. These spillages can be almost entirely …

  • Article from 04.03.2024 | Last changed: 04.03.2024

    Pollutant emissions into surface waters

    Picture from river in Germany

    … includes point source discharges and diffuse emission pathways. Point sources are: urban waste water treatment plants industrial dischargers with in-house treatment … mining sites (considered only for metals). Information on nutrient emissions from urban wastewater treatment plants with a size of more than 2,000 population …

  • Article from 09.06.2021 | Last changed: 09.06.2021

    EU Green Week 2021 Partner Event

    … waste water (Dr. Claudia Castell-Exner, EurEau) Rodenticides in birds of prey in urban settings (Alexander Badry, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research & …

  • Article from 28.08.2025 | Last changed: 29.08.2025

    Compost and sewage sludge

    A yellow wheel loader implements composting in a composting plant.

    … in waste streams Moving forward: The European Commission’s Proposal for a Recast Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive Environmental Impacts of Discharge Water from …

  • Article from 17.07.2024 | Last changed: 18.07.2024

    Water Reuse

    … the Mediterranean, irrigate agricultural land with reclaimed water originating from urban wastewater. According to the European Commission’s „ Blueprint to Safeguard … and Desalination – WavE ” included three projects related to the use of reclaimed urban wastewater ( TrinkWave MULTI-ReUse and HypoWave) . UBA was involved in … the Mediterranean, irrigate agricultural land with reclaimed water originating from urban wastewater. According to the European Commission’s „ Blueprint to Safeguard …

  • Article from 18.07.2024 | Last changed: 19.07.2024

    EU Regulation on Minimum Requirements for Water Reuse

    … The regulation adds to already existing EU environmental legislation as the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive ( 91/271/EWG ), the Water Framework Directive ( … water reclamation facility operator. The water reclamation can be integrated in an urban wastewater treatment plant or a dedicated reclamation plant can be set up. The …

  • Article from 23.11.2022 | Last changed: 07.02.2023

    International information offers

    … municipalities https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/pestizide-in-kommunen-urbane-schaedlingsbekaempfung Germany German SUBSPORTplus on substitution of … municipalities https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/pestizide-in-kommunen-urbane-schaedlingsbekaempfung Germany German SUBSPORTplus on substitution of …

  • Article from 23.11.2022 | Last changed: 07.02.2023

    Projects

    … New management concepts: How to avoid biocidal pollutants in construction materials Urban rat management in sewers (ongoing) Testing of devices for the application of … New management concepts: How to avoid biocidal pollutants in construction materials Urban rat management in sewers (ongoing) Testing of devices for the application of …

  • Article from 24.01.2025 | Last changed: 24.09.2025

    Research Project AdNEB „Advancing the New European Bauhaus”

    along a canal in the city are white, four-storey houses in the Bauhaus style with roof terraces, balconies and small gardens with sunshades

    … Dross / UBA Advancing the New European Bauhaus: Sustainable Mobility and Resilient Urban Spaces for a Better Quality of Life (AdNEB)” is an UBA in-house research … @Kick-Off: Introduction of flagship project AdNEB (1.26 MB) Related contents Urbaner Umweltschutz für eine umweltorientierte Stadtentwicklung Nachhaltige …