130 ideas to make our world more sustainable competed in yesterday’s jury meeting for the popular national award. read more
Jury nominates 31 projects for the German Federal Ecodesign Award
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Expert information drinking water and swimming pool water - No.: 3/2019
Dear readers,The following updates have been issued on Distributing drinking water:The Evaluation criteria for enamels and ceramic materials in contact with drinking water (Only available in German at the moment.)was published.The following documents were updated:Information: Rationale for the test values of the evaluation criteria for enamels and ceramic materials in contact with drinking wa... read more
Real nitrogen oxide emissions of diesel passenger cars remain too high
Diesel passenger cars with Euro 3 to 6a/b/c emission standards continue to have elevated levels of nitrogen oxide emissions in real-world driving conditions. Their emissions greatly exceed the limit values set in the laboratory measuring cycle. Diesel passenger cars with Euro 6d-TEMP, however, comply with the limits specified by the EU, also in real world conditions. read more
Expert information drinking water and swimming pool water - No.: 2/2019
Dear readers,The following updates have been issued on Distributing drinking water:Evaluation criteria for cementitious materialsInformation on the elaboration of an Evaluation Criteria Document for cementitious materials in contact with drinking waterDocumentsEvaluation of glass fibre sizing agents according to the UBA guidelines (Glass Fibre Sizing Transitional Regulation)Your department of Drin... read more
Plenty of sun and wind sets electricity records in Germany
In the first half of 2019 electricity produced from renewable energies made notable gains over the same period in the previous year. During the first six months of the year production was around 129 billion kilowatt hours, about 10 percent more than the same period in 2018 (+ 12 billion kWh). But the rate of new build of wind energy turbines has slowed in 2019. read more
Newsletter "UBA aktuell" - No.: 4/2019
Dear Reader,How can Germany reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and therefore make its contribution to limiting climate change? Should a price be put on CO2 emissions so as to encourage climate-friendly investments and behaviour, and how exactly? The UBA has taken a close look at the advantages and disadvantages of the various approaches currently under discussion – more about this in this newslet... read more
45%-target collection rate for WEEE reached in 2017
More than 800.000 tonnes of refrigerators, dish washers and other appliances were collected in 2017. read more
Expert information drinking water and swimming pool water - No.: 1/2019
Dear readers,Drinking water is among the foodstuffs which are controlled the best. When limits are exceeded, the problem is often caused by the plumbing inside the houses.The German Environment Agency and bdew have jointly produced an explanatory film called Trinkwasser-Installation - Auf die letzten Meter kommt es an.Other interesting films on disposal of pharmaceuticals and hardness can be found... read more
