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  • Article from 10.03.2014 | Last changed: 15.12.2025

    Contaminated sites

    Graphic realization of a multifarious land use

    … sites are abandoned industrial sites or abandoned waste disposal sites that have caused harmful changes to the soil or other hazards to individuals or the general public. This can be caused by improper treatment, storage or disposal of waste and/or the improper … soil protection at a high level of protection. Nevertheless, the inappropriate use and management of land in some places by industry, commerce, agriculture and …

  • Article from 26.11.2018 | Last changed: 13.02.2025

    Leaching tests for emissions from building products

    … based on new European leaching tests, which are now available for producers and users. last update on 26.11.2018 Information on leaching behaviour to become … mortars. In this leaching test pollutants are dissolved of a construction product using water as solvent (eluent) under specified conditions. The eluted substances in … building products in respect of their leaching of pollutants. The results can be used as first publicly available reference data for a range of building products …

  • Article from 24.04.2014 | Last changed: 24.04.2014

    Emissions behaviour of wood and wood-based materials

    hand holding a flake board

    … chambers. Two different trunk heights, two strand drying temperatures (coarse chips used in the production of OSBs), and three press temperatures were used to produce … unsaturated higher aldehydes acids in particular. Emissions can thus be reduced by using rather simple means in production. The good technical properties of the …

  • Article from 10.12.2025 | Last changed: 10.12.2025

    Sustainable resource use in the leisure sector

    Top view of a soccer field

    Sustainable resource use in the leisure sector Top view of a soccer field Source: … friends, pursue our hobbies or go travelling. These activities are linked to the use of natural resources. This project analyses the consumption of raw materials and …

  • Article from 24.09.2015 | Last changed: 24.09.2015

    Plant protection products

    Bauer brings out pesticides in his field

    … enter the environment every day, but there is hardly a substance group that is used with more purpose and in such large amounts than plant protection products. … products? Plant protection products are chemical or biological products which are used to protect plants or plant products from harm caused by animals (insects and …

  • Article from 06.11.2015 | Last changed: 06.11.2015

    Chemical research at UBA

    A woman in the apron of the chemistry works in the laboratory. You are filled with liquid glass vessels

    … Safety Division tests chemicals and compounds in its own laboratories, making use of the results to carry out evaluations. About 25 per cent of its staff work in … behaviour of chemicals in the environment. The laboratory test results are also used for the environmental review that is enshrined in chemicals laws. These duties …

  • Article from 16.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    COVID-19: let’s make sure we don’t learn the wrong lesson

    … It’s telling us that national solutions alone are quite inadequate, that viruses and climate do not carry passports, that we must resolve the underlying causes of our vulnerability through global collaboration, revitalised global … changes faster and further than normal processes are able to achieve. We must use those lessons and the enlivened public response to reform the way we live on the …

  • Article from 20.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    Ecology of data: we should use the coronavirus crisis as ...

    Ecology of data: we should use the coronavirus crisis as ... In times of upheaval, … we do” with the crisis is far more relevant. The momentum of the crisis should be used to turn the juxtaposition and partial opposition of two very important …

  • Article from 20.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

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

    … of energy and resources must become climate-friendly, and its advantages should be used to transform our energy systems, for recycling management, and for CO2-neutral … of energy and resources must become climate-friendly, and its advantages should be used to transform our energy systems, for recycling management, and for CO2-neutral …

  • Article from 23.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    Opportunities for transformative learning in the coronavirus cris

    … situation, design knowledge for sustainable development is needed to make good use of the available scope for a new start after the coronavirus crisis. This design … a logbook to document social change during the coronavirus crisis. The logbooks are used to investigate whether and how this transformation knowledge can be used once …

  • Article from 27.04.2020 | Last changed: 27.06.2024

    How COVID-19 Can Drive Transformational Change in Cities

    … cities? From what we have learned so far, national and city leaders should use this opportunity to focus on four key areas where transformational change is … cities? From what we have learned so far, national and city leaders should use this opportunity to focus on four key areas where transformational change is …

  • Article from 29.04.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2024

    COVID-19 stimulus packages represent a critical juncture

    … as policies create losers and winners among firms and affected supply chains . Because of these distributional politics, decarbonisation remains a difficult task for … change. Given the carbon lock-in mentioned above, policymakers may choose not to use the window of opportunity for the purposes of decarbonisation. Hence, second, we … After the bailout of US car manufacturers in 2008, the Obama administration used its political leverage to impose stricter fuel economy standards. At the same …