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  • Press release 10/2015 from 17.03.2015 | Last changed: 23.01.2017

    New "Blue Angel" for data centers

    Servers

    … / Fotolia.com Data centers that seek certification by the Blue Angel ecolabel must use significantly less energy in future and make use of climate-friendly air … are true energy gluttons - in Europe they consume about 33% of all the power used in the information and communications technology sector. Data centers which … Anyone who sends e-mails or does an Internet search, saves pictures in the cloud or uses a smartphone to find the way to their holiday destination is using a data …

  • Press release 47/2021 from 30.11.2021 | Last changed: 03.12.2021

    Chemicals: better protection of environment and health

    Bauer brings out pesticides in his field

    … Chemicals: better protection of environment and health Steady increase of chemicals use worldwide Some nine kilogrammes of plant protection products are spread one … by 2030. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that certain chemicals caused at least two million people worldwide in 2019. There continues to be a high … offers innovative solutions for generating energy from renewable sources and using non-fossil feedstocks in the future, as well as ways to become more energy …

  • Press release 44/2023 from 04.12.2023 | Last changed: 11.12.2023

    The German Ecodesign Award 2023 goes to twelve pioneering projects

    The jury posing in front of a building

    … in such a way that they are durable as a whole or in individual pieces and can be used repeatedly. If repairability and recycling are considered long before … of Art and Design Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt) “Layers of Value” is a new method of using industrial textile waste. Fabric remnants are combined in layers and … made from collagen (bundespreis-ecodesign.de) Service category Circular Experience Library | Circular-Experience.org (Headquarters: Wiesbaden, Hessen) The platform …

  • Appointment from 19.11.2021

    Online-Conference Socio-ecological Transformation

    … Transformation Tuesday, November 30th, 2021 9:45 — 16:30 Production, Use and Management of Chemicals to serve People without polluting the Planet We … experts regarding the following topic: Socio-ecological Transformation: Production, Use and Management of Chemicals to serve People without polluting the Planet We will …

  • Press release 12/2019 from 21.05.2019 | Last changed: 27.05.2019

    Go for the reusable, not the disposable, when it comes to coffee cups et al.

    A coffee cup in the woods.

    … Go for the reusable, not the disposable, when it comes to coffee cups et al. Use of disposable cups could be halved within three years Disposable cups used for coffee and other hot beverages end up too often in the environment. Source: …

  • KomPass: Area of action adaptation from 06.01.2023 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Adaptation: Field of Action Spatial, Regional and Urban Development Planning

    Bird's eye view of geometrical arranged, colourful fields and settlements

    … and Urban Development Planning Climate change also affects spatial and land use planning. Source: Lukas Pollmüller/photocase.com Due to the cross-cutting nature … chains. last update on 06.01.2023 Importance of spatial, regional and urban land use planning for climate adaptation Spatial planning has an important role to play … adaptation by determination (e.g. designation, clearance, securing) areas for uses that reduce climate risks and damage potential. Relevant fields of action for …

  • Press release 38/2023 from 13.10.2023 | Last changed: 17.10.2023

    Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Laboratory launched at the German Environment Agency

    On a bright background, there are two wind turbines, a solar panel, two people, a globe, plant leaves, and diagrams illustrating the thematic areas of the AI lab.

    … Big Data (“AI-Lab”) at the UBA. The AI Lab is intended to lay the foundations for using artificial intelligence (AI) to make it easier to analyse large quantities of environmental data (Big Data). All agencies in the environment ministry will use the AI Lab for their work, which begins its work today. Press release No. … experimental and design space for the analysis of environmental data.” The AI Lab uses data science methods and technologies to better utilise the heterogeneous, …

  • Press release 54/2020 from 17.11.2020 | Last changed: 23.11.2020

    Coronavirus in schools: Air purifiers alone are not enough – room ventilation is still key

    Schülerinnen und Schüler melden sich.

    … at schools Pupils in an elementary school. Source: iStockphoto / Wavebreakmedia The use of mobile air purifiers alone is no substitute for adequate ventilation in … of outside air. Therefore, every ventilation possibility should continue to be used even when using air purifiers. The IRK states that rooms in which there is no possibility of …

  • Press release 48/2021 from 03.12.2021 | Last changed: 07.12.2021

    Promoting plastics recycling in the construction sector

    verschiedene Baumaterialien, wie Steine und Fenster, getrennt voneinander gelagert

    … is the second-largest consumer of plastics with a volume of some 2.6 million tonnes used in 2017. However, proper guidelines for the recycling of plastic building … be supplemented with specifications regarding durability, recyclability and use of recyclates. Better separate collection of plastic waste for recycling is …

  • KomPass: Article from 28.11.2023 | Last changed: 18.11.2025

    IG-R-3: Water procurement in the processing industry

    The picture shows a pipeline system in front of industrial plant used for feeding cold water into a production process. Apart from the pipeline it is possible see other technical assemblies.

    … more value is generated with the same amount of water – in other words, water is used more efficiently. IG-R-3: Water procurement in the processing industry Source: … might for instance consider embracing an in-house water management system, using water in a circulatory system, employing water-saving technologies or using

  • KomPass: Area of action climate impact from 06.01.2023 | Last changed: 08.01.2026

    Climate Impacts: Field of Action Spatial, Regional and Urban Development Planning

    Bird's eye view of geometrical arranged, colourful fields and settlements

    … and Urban Development Planning Climate change also affects spatial and land use planning. Source: Lukas Pollmüller/photocase.com Climate change has a decisive … of the results. Spatial planning controls on a large scale where in space which uses are located (e. g. settlements, transport infrastructures, recreational areas, … water supply), and problems arise in creating new retention areas that could be used as floodplains in the event of an inland flood (e. g. agriculture vs. flood …

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    Soil is a multifarious habitat

    Graphic realization of a multifarious land use

    … Soil is a multifarious habitat Graphic realization of a multifarious land use Source: Frauke Schön Download image (783.52 kB) The following contents contain … sites Tags agriculture soil … Graphic realization of a multifarious land use … Soil is a multifarious habitat …