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LCA results are always just snapshots and can have an expiry date. We should see them less as judgments and more as a task.

The Landkreis Ostallgäu district would like to further strengthen its engagement in climate protection. It considers implementing climate protection within its own area of authority as well as getting the whole district to work towards the implementation as an essential and top priority task. This required a fundamental reformulation of the climate protection concept of 2012, which was no longer apposite. Working in close cooperation with the district administration, bifa headed the process to produce the new concept.

In the previous project, dust was analysed, classified and material streams were digitalised for four Bavarian foundries. The objective was to define recycling options for the dust so that it can be added back into the material cycle to achieve sustainability.

In the collaborative project involving Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, Blue Energy Europe GmbH and bifa Umweltinstitut, the objective is to implement a concept for the “combination of sewage sludge gasification with biological methanation in situ in anaerobic fermentation and subsequent use in a flexible microgas turbine process”.

The challenges that climate change poses to the economy are complex and have long been noticeable.Its effects and new legal regulations require companies and the general public to rethink occur.

Together with the BF/M-Bayreuth, the Chair of Business Administration I: Finance and Banking Management at the University of Bayreuth, we invite you to the kick-off event of our research project.

At the end of October, the Munich City Council's Committee for Climate and Environmental Protection decided to extensively update the climate adaptation concept of the City of Munich. The climate adaptation concept adopted in 2016 will be further developed in the context of urban and climatic changes and the aspect of the climate-resilient city will be increasingly focused on.

Climate change has arrived in Germany and with it an observable accumulation of heat waves in summer. The increase in hot days and rising air temperatures impair the performance of employees on construction sites and in workshops. In addition, rising ozone concentrations and increased UV radiation can lead to serious health hazards such as cardiovascular problems or an increased risk of skin cancer.

How can we shape ecological change and meet the challenges of the 21st century? Find out and discuss with us at "Talk im Technikum" on 28 September 2022 in Augsburg

Every year around five million tons of used textiles accumulate worldwide. Of this, only about 1% is recycled - over 70% is energetically utilized or landfilled. The Recycling Atelier of the Augsburg Institute for Textile Technology (ITA) and the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences is the world's first model factory dedicated entirely to the sustainable material cycle in textile production. It is the center for research and development along the entire textile recycling value chain.

In the project "Demonstrating the Zwickau Energy Turnaround", a scenario workshop - moderated by bifa Umweltinstitut GmbH - discussed which paths and strategies can lead to more sustainability in the housing industry. At the invitation of Mayor Constance Arndt, more than 20 regional and national industry representatives discussed with experts from associations and research institutes, for example from Freiburg, Munich or Berlin. Speeches on the topics of "energy transition and digitalisation", "occupant behaviour" and "building automation and intelligent heating control" provided impetus.

bifa Umweltinstitut GmbH publishes current study results at the Bavarian Waste and Landfill Days in Augsburg with the new publication of bifa text no. 72. Can hydrogen be produced from commercial waste if it is not recycled? The process suitable for this is gasification - a thermochemical process in which a carbon-containing feedstock is converted into a product gas at temperatures between 500 °C and 1,200 °C. The potential of such hydrogen production is being explored in the currently completed bifa study.

With 2,984 exhibitors from 59 countries and around 119,000 visitors from 155 countries, the fair approached the pre-corona level and reflected the great potential of environmental technologies

Special edition of vf bifa text no. 71 published with the support of the sponsoring association vf bifa e. V.

For over 25 years, life cycle assessment has been an important focal point of bifa's work. Besides life cycle assessment in the narrower sense, this field also includes variations such as the carbon footprint of products and companies or eco-efficiency analysis.

The city of Freiburg im Breisgau has targeted climate-neutrality by 2038. The eCampus Freiburg, which is currently under construction, will play an important role in this - as a model for inner-city building ensembles far beyond the city limits. bifa played a key role in developing the project concept and is supporting the funded project.

bifa Umweltinstitut GmbH was interviewed by Meinungsbarometer.info as part of the specialist debate on the circular economy and digitalisation.

Even if you can‘t see them: Bacteria and fungi, usually present in small numbers in the air, are continuously introduced into ventilation systems. As soon as they find favourable growth conditions there (high humidity, usable nutrients, mild temperatures), they colonise the surfaces and in the long term even form biofilms visible to the eye. 

bifa Umweltinstitut GmbH, as part of a research network with the "Betriebswirtschaftliches Forschungszentrum für Fragen der mittelständischen Wirtschaft an der Universität Bayreuth e. V." and "Lehrstuhl für Betriebswirtschaftslehre I: Finanzwirtschaft und Bankbetriebslehre der Universität Bayreuth", was invited by the "Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)" to submit a full proposal under the funding measure "Klimaschutz und Finanzwirtschaft (KlimFi)".

Are accessories that are used repeatedly more environmentally friendly than single-use items?

In the 1986 Waste Act, the "3-V rule" (avoid-reduce-recycle) was codified. Growing mountains of waste nevertheless remained a problem, but no one wanted new landfills. Thus, in 1991, a referendum was held in Bavaria between the "Better Waste Concept" of a citizens' initiative and the state government's draft for a "Bavarian Waste and Contaminated Sites Act", which narrowly prevailed.

Augsburg is continuing to write its sustainability goals, the "Future Guidelines", until 30 June.

It's about everything: climate protection, education, public welfare-oriented management, social justice, social cohesion, digitalisation...