State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg

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State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg

State level Baden-Württemberg
legal form Institution under public law and at the same time state institution
Supervisory authority Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector Baden-Württemberg
founding January 1, 2006
Headquarters Karlsruhe
Authority management Eva Bell (President)
Web presence lubw.baden-wuerttemberg.de

The State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg ( LUBW ) (since December 1, 2017, previously: State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg ( LUBW )) is a central institution of the German state of Baden-Württemberg , which carries out legal tasks in the field of Environmental , occupational and consumer protection is fulfilled and the state administration also supports nature and radiation protection on a technical level.

It is a state " public law institution ". It is subject to the legal supervision of the Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector Baden-Württemberg . The technical supervision also exerts the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment of, in matters of territorial and transport-related pollution control (including noise abatement ) and of land management , the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure , in matters of technical labor protection, the Ministry of Social Affairs , in matters of nature conservation , the Ministry of Rural Space and consumer protection .

The seat of the LUBW is Karlsruhe ; In 2015 it has 550 employees and an annual budget of 65 million euros.

history

The LUBW was created on January 1, 2006 from the merger of the State Institute for Environmental Protection (LfU) with the Center for Environmental Measurements , Environmental Surveys and Device Safety (UMEG). On December 1, 2017, the long name of the State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg , which has been in effect since then , was changed to the State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg , while retaining the previous abbreviation.

tasks

The LUBW provides advice and technical support to the state government of Baden-Württemberg and other state authorities. In terms of content, topics from nature, environmental and radiation protection are covered as well as technical occupational safety and plant and product safety. To this end, LUBW collects data on the environment nationwide and analyzes air, water and soil samples. These are made available to the public in a processed form. Most of this data has been made available to citizens via the " My Environment " app since 2014 .

At the beginning of the activities of the LUBW and LfU, the main focus was on air pollution control (e.g. possible measures and strategies against winter smog such as desulphurisation and denitrification of coal-fired power plants ) and exhaust gas cleaning from motor vehicles , later on, for example, the fight against ground-level Ozone (" summer smog "). From 1990, particulate matter came into the spectrum of observation and activities as a disease- causing environmental pollution with the measurement of air pollution ; today, for example, the proportion of microplastics and plastic residues must also be examined in the freshwater deposits of Baden-Württemberg.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The LUBW , accessed on September 6, 2017
  2. ↑ a b Badische-zeitung.de , Infobox , March 25, 2015: DIE LUBW
  3. ↑ Law on the creation of the State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg of October 11, 2005 (Journal of Laws p. 670).
  4. ↑ New name for LUBW, press release from December 1, 2017
  5. ↑ "My Environment" - App with information on environmental zones - press releases. Accessed April 6, 2018 (German).
  6. ↑ Badische-zeitung.de , March 25, 2015, Stefan Hupka: The spider in the air measurement network
  7. ↑ Badische-zeitung.de , December 11, 2014, Bärbel Nückles: Baden and Alsace now measure the same values
  8. ↑ Badische-zeitung.de , March 24, 2015: Plastic residues in Baden-Wuerttemberg waters are being examined  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.badische-zeitung.de  

Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 2.3 ″  N , 8 ° 22 ′ 3.2 ″  E