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Clarification on the handling of insulation waste containing HBCD

Published 30 November 2016

Rhineland-Palatinate advises insulation with renewables

In recent weeks, there has been much discussion about the disposal of old EPS-based insulation boards containing the flame retardant HBCD. The new Waste Catalogue Ordinance requires separate disposal. This goes beyond the corresponding EU regulation, which only requires HBCD to be removed from the material cycle. This would also be possible, as has been the case up to now, by incineration at high temperatures together with other waste. The obligation to provide special treatment resulted in bottlenecks at the landfills, which Federal states now react with special regulationswhich clarify how to proceed with the waste. Current waste from construction sites is not affected, and new ETICS based on EPS must no longer contain HBCD anyway.

Read the full post from 11/1/2016: www.enbausa.de/...rheinland-pfalz-raet-zur-daemmung-mit-erneuerbaren-5706.html

Keywords: Stock, DE-News, News Blog RLP, Environmental policy

Published 12. October 2018

PV study: Ten gigawatts possible in Berlin

Six to ten gigawatts of photovoltaic capacity could be installed on Berlin buildings. More than enough to cover 25 percent of Berlin's electricity supply with solar energy, as envisaged in the plan for Berlin. But the current pace of expansion is decidedly too slow. The Solarcity Berlin master plan envisions producing a quarter of Berlin's electricity consumption with photovoltaics. This goal is to be achieved by 2030. Currently, Berlin's solar systems generate just under half a percent of the energy required in the city. Scientists at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences (HTW Berlin) have now conducted a solar potential study to show for the first time which buildings are suitable for solar installations and what restrictions must be expected.

Link to the study
https://pvspeicher.htw-berlin.de/potenzialstudieberlin/

Keywords:
100% EEs, Stakeholders, DE-News, Renewable, Communities, News Blog Berlin, Environmental policy, Ecology

Published 15. July 2016

Atlas of Light Pollution 2016

As interactive world map the "New World Atlas of Artificial Sky Brighness" and thus the first worldwide measurement of light pollution since 2001 is now publicly accessible.

Further information: New atlas of light pollution: One third of humanity can no longer see the Milky Way | WIRED Germany

Keywords:
Blogs & Portals, DE-News, Artificial light, New books and studies, News Blog Europe (without DE), City, Environmental policy, Ecology