Press release: bifa Umweltinstitut

Augsburg, 28 August 2019

Start of a research project involving Augsburg University, bifa Umweltinstitut, four Bavarian foundries and two specialists for treatment technologies.

The topic of resource efficiency is highly relevant for the Bavarian economy, as it is very highly integrated into the international raw materials markets and would also like to continue to produce economically and in an environmentally friendly way in its locations in the long term. A modern, sustainable resource strategy is not only targeted at the start of the raw material chain (access, criticality), but it also links to the end of the material chain (residual materials, waste) to form closed recycling processes.

Prof. Dr. Richard Weihrich (MRM Institute of Augsburg University) and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rommel...

Regional differenzierte Basisinformationen und praktische Tipps für Klima-Anpassung und Gesundheitsschutz.
Das Klima verändert sich und hat direkte Auswirkungen auf Mensch und Natur – das hat sich allein in den vergangenen Monaten wieder deutlich gezeigt. Vor allem Personen, die krank oder gesundheitlich eingeschränkt sind, reagieren sehr sensibel auf den Klimawandel.

Für Kurorte und Heilbäder bedeutet das eine doppelte Herausforderung: Zum einen müssen sie auf die Veränderungen ihrer grundlegenden Ressourcen – also ihrer natürlichen, ortsgegebenen Heilmittel – reagieren; andernfalls könnte der Verlust ihres Prädikats drohen. Zum anderen müssen neue, spezielle Angebote für ihre Zielgruppe – die Erholung und Heilung suchenden Gäste – gefunden werden.

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Augsburg, 29 March 2019

From 2020, the Free State of Bavaria wants to increase its annual institutional funding of bifa significantly, from half a million euros to 1.1 million euros per year. At the initiative of the former state secretary and MP Hintersberger, CSU, and whip of the “Freien Wähler” party, Dr. Mehring, the Bavarian Landtag legislative assembly provided € 250k as bridging funds for 2019. These funds are to be used to implement the “bifa – fit for future” concept. The intention is to give bifa even better options for action in its most important task: technology transfer in the field of environmental technologies. This includes, for example, process engineering, integrated company environmental protection, sustainable waste management and climate protection.

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Augsburg, 05 February 2019

With its unusually high temperatures and low rainfalls, 2018 pushed the consequences of climate change impressively into the focus of the broad public and raised many questions on the topic of adaptation.

These questions were also the subject of the Bavarian Trades in the Focus of Climate Change – Opportunities, Risks, Strategies (“Das bayerische Handwerk im Fokus des Klimawandels – Chancen, Risiken, Strategien”) project, within the scope of which, seven case studies were conducted with trade firms. The effects of climate change play an important role, especially for trades, as many trades are dependent on outdoor conditions in some form or another when carrying out their work. Whether this is their work on construction sites, on the customer’s premises or the...

Augsburg, 30 January 2019

Can raw material and energy efficiency be further improved if paper mills, other businesses in the region and local municipalities increase their collaboration? Yes, it is possible, and at the same time, costs and environmental impact can be reduced! This is the result of a two-year project within the scope of the Bavarian Environmental Pact (“Umweltpakt Bayern”).

The results were presented to the public on 29 January 2019 in the UPM paper mill in Plattling. The event was opened by the senior civil servant of the Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection (Bayerischen Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz), Ministerialdirektor Dr. Christian Barth. Dr. Siegfried Kreibe of the bifa Umweltinstitut presented the project and...

Climate protection and adaptation to the consequences of climate change are among the greatest challenges facing politics, business and civil society. Many areas and industries are affected, including Bavarian trades with more than 200,000 firms.

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