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  • Article from 24.02.2025 | Last changed: 31.03.2025

    Guided tours

    … the building with information about architecture, energy concept, tasks of Federal Environment Agency, and former Gas Quarter. Tours by appointment Cost: 1-hour … the building with information about architecture, energy concept, tasks of Federal Environment Agency, and former Gas Quarter. Tours by appointment Cost: 1-hour …

  • Article from 07.08.2024 | Last changed: 05.02.2025

    UBA offices

    Collage of three buildings: modern glass building, historic building in green environment and mountain station on snow-covered slope

    … (Bismarckplatz) will remain closed until about 2025/26 due to renovation and modernization work. The address of the temporary accommodations is: City Campus, … gold medal for sustainable construction. Distinctions of this nature from the Federal Ministry of Construction and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen are … this type with more than five kilometers of piping – exhaust air is conditioned underground and is used for heating or air conditioning depending on the time of year. …

  • Article from 13.10.2016 | Last changed: 13.10.2016

    Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Risks

    … in Environmental Protection” (in German with English-language summary) (Golder Associates, Celle); “Analysis and Strategic Management of Nanoproducts with … Links UBA webpage: Health: Nanomaterial UBA webpage: Chemicals: Nanotechnology Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Federal Institute for Risk Assessment: Health assessment BMBF project "Data and …

  • Article from 08.01.2024 | Last changed: 09.01.2024

    Mobile air conditioning with fluorinated refrigerants

    The photo shows that the fluorinated refrigerant 1234yf burned during the laboratory test.

    … systems in all new vehicles in these classes. The automobile industry has considered carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and a fluorinated substance, 2,3,3,3‑Tetrafluoropropene … (1234yf), as alternative refrigerants. For the sake of climate protection the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) favours CO 2 as a refrigerant for mobile air … is a relatively new substance with specific properties that must be considered when used as a refrigerant for 1234yf is flammable and produces hydrogen …

  • Article from 22.03.2016 | Last changed: 22.03.2016

    Visitor Guidelines for the Antarctic

    People and penguins

    … itself and after every trip ashore, clothing and equipment must be cleaned in order to prevent the introduction of non-native species to the Antarctic. It is also … behave? Visitor Guidelines for the Antarctic Related contents Antragsformulare in der Übersicht Erhaltung der lebenden Meeresschätze der Antarktis Schutzgebiete unter der CAMLR-Konvention …

  • Article from 29.02.2016 | Last changed: 29.02.2016

    Whale monitoring in the Antarctic

    humpback whale

    … The system is aimed at reducing injury risks to whales, in particular from underwater noise. Researchers observe whales from the crow's nest, the highest point … to track down the world's largest animal, the blue whale, in the Ocean Blauwal in der Antarktis stößt Blas aus Source: L. Lehnert/ITAW The minke whale is at home in … protection monitoring agreement between the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Federal Environment Agency to the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI). Based on this data …

  • Article from 22.08.2019 | Last changed: 24.09.2019

    Emissions from wood and coal burning stoves in residential areas

    different houses, covered with snow, with smoking chimneys

    … spring or late autumn when the central heating is not in use.    According to the Federal Association of Chimney Sweepers around 11.7 Mio so called “ single-roo m … reported that the number of traditional coal stoves is decreasing, the number of modern wood and coal burning stoves and featured fireplaces is on the increase. The …

  • Article from 14.08.2017 | Last changed: 14.08.2017

    Environmental pollution and diseases of the elderly

    old woman

    Environmental pollution and diseases of the elderly Older people's health can also be impaired by environmental influences Source: Ocskay … A Case-Control study. Environmental Health Perspectives 24, 3 (2016) 351-356. … Environmental pollution and diseases of the elderly

  • Article from 13.02.2019 | Last changed: 13.02.2020

    Environmental protection in specific law

    … im Zivil- und öffentlichen Recht Umweltschutz im Planungsrecht Klimaschutz in der räumlichen Planung (Praxishilfe) Entwicklung eines Regelungskonzepts für ein … Anwendungslabor für Künstliche Intelligenz und Big Data am UBA Umweltaspekte bei der Verschreibung von Arzneimitteln Zugang zu Umweltinformationen Umweltvölkerrecht …

  • Article from 06.10.2022 | Last changed: 07.10.2022

    Environmental justice – Environment, health and social conditions

    Where we live is a determining factor for how much we are affected by environmental influences.

    … are often more exposed to environmental stress than socially advantaged people. Under the heading of “environmental justice”, the UBA works on the subject of the … to which socially advantaged people are more exposed, as shown by data from the Federal Environment Agency’s German Environmental Survey, for example. Fields of … Abschlussbericht REFOPLAN-Vorhaben "Umweltgerechtigkeit – Weiterentwicklung der Handlungsempfehlungen auf Bundesebene" (2022) Umweltgerechtigkeit in …

  • Article from 26.04.2012 | Last changed: 20.09.2013

    Clean air plans

    … if air quality thresholds are exceeded. In Germany, public authorities at the Laender and municipal level cooperate closely to develop these plans. The plans consist … e.g. procurement of buses with particle filters, into their invitations to tender for public transport services. One ‘short-term’ measure in action plans often … period of time, but in fact usually become effective in the long term. The German Federal Environment Agency ( Umweltbundesamt ) has published a list of links to …

  • Article from 26.03.2024 | Last changed: 26.03.2024

    Air Quality Control in Europe

    … Technical Instructions on Air Quality Control (Technische Anleitung zur Reinhaltung der Luft, TA Luft) lay down requirements for such model calculations, and similar … which meets the TA Luft requirements has been developed on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency. It is available free of charge under the name of AUSTAL …