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Veröffentlichung Infraschall einfach erklärt(Umweltbundesamt, 2024)In der Öffentlichkeit wird Infraschall häufig als Gefahr für die menschliche Gesundheit diskutiert. Diese Broschüre basiert auf dem aktuellen Stand der Forschung und informiert anschaulich über die Entstehung und Beurteilung von Infraschall sowie die möglichen gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen. Darüber hinaus wird sowohl ein Faktencheck vorgenommen als auch Hinweise gegeben, wie mögliche Manipulationen wissenschaftlicher Fakten festgestellt werden können.Veröffentlichung Internal development in urban growth regions(Umweltbundesamt, 2023) Buchert, Matthias; Wagner, Tobias; Fischer, Heidrun; Deutschland. Umweltbundesamt; Schlippenbach, Ulrike vonCities in growth regions face major urban development challenges in meeting the demand for housing within the city. At the same time, capacity limits of urban technical infrastructures may arise and counteract the guiding principle of compact and thus land-saving inner development. The project therefore investigated the potentials for inner-city development using model cities as examples to examine to what extent these can meet the provision of living space quantitatively and qualitatively, and which synergies but also burdens through inner-city development can be identified with regard to urban infrastructures. For this purpose, water supply and wastewater disposal, waste management, transport (especially public transport) as well as local and district heating/cooling were considered. Quelle: umweltbundesamt.deVeröffentlichung Methodological Convention 3.2 for the Assessment of Environmental Costs(German Environment Agency, 2024)The new version of the UBA Handbook on Environmental Value Factors – the „Methodological Convention 3.2” – contains a partial update of the monetized environmental impacts published in the “Methodological Convention 3.1”, based on new value factors for greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions. A comprehensive update of all value factors – including components such as emission factors and utilization rates – will be published in the Handbook on Environmental Value Factors 4.0, scheduled for 2025.Environmental value factors reflect the benefit of environmental protection for society – and the costs that society incurs if environmental protection is neglected. The value factors can be used in the public sector to assess, e.g., the impacts of regulation and infrastructure investments, and for the design of economic instruments. In the corporate sector, the value factors can be used, i.a., to inform management decisions, monetize the environmental impacts of financial investments, and in sustainability reporting.