… the German Environment Agency (UBA) explores the nexus between climate protection and associated resource requirements. Using six scenarios, different development paths are explored and insights gained on how to reduce future resource use and greenhouse-gas emissions in Germany. last update on 24.06.2020 Background A …

… Erhard Collection: „Waste – A look back” Waste disposal in England (copperplate engraving, H. Phyne, 1805) Source: Sammlung Erhard A selection of … for Waste Disposal"). It was implemented in the same year by the companies Schmidt and Melmer (manufacturer of waste containers, Weidenau/Sieg). In 1923 Dr. Ing. habil Heinrich Erhard took over the management of the information centre, expanding it in the following period and managing it until the beginning of the 1960s. …

… use the refrigerant tetrafluoroethane (R134a), a greenhouse gas with a 1,430 times higher impact to the climate than carbon dioxide. There is a climate friendly … for buses New coaches are normally air conditioned. Increasing numbers of city and intercity buses also got mobile air conditioning. I n 1993, the proportion of … the bus’s lifetime considerably amounts of the refrigerant emit to the atmosphere and thus contribute to the greenhouse effect. On average,  mobile air conditioning …

… Building air conditioning Room air conditioners contain environmentally harmful HFCs and use a lot of electricity. Source: kanvag / Fotolia.com It is only recently that air conditioning has become relatively common in German buildings. The high standard of living has ramped up expectations concerning comfort and convenience in … as well as customized devices, are available for lower capacities (around 25 kW and higher). The selection of machines is much larger for capacities of 100 kilowatts or …

… / Adobe Stock Heat pumps are coming into increasing use for heating of buildings and for hot water production in commercial as well as industrial applications. Heat … friendly because the global warming potentials of these refrigerants are very low and no persistent degradation products are formed from the emitted refrigerants. … for this. The distinction is often made on the basis of the significantly higher output ranges of industrial heat pumps. Large heat pumps are also used in …

… refrigeration Supermarkets should cool climate friendly, energy-efficient and without fluorocarbon. Source: Bernard Bailly / Fotolia.com According to the VDMA, around 36,500 centralized refrigeration systems and over 540,000 plug-in refrigeration units were installed in German supermarkets, discounter, hypermarkets and other food retail stores in 2017. Fluorinated refrigerants are still the most …