Lünen, Munich, 9 May 2012. In order to be able to provide concrete and binding proof of the savings achieved in the area of primary raw materials, energy production and reduced CO2 emissions of each individual customer when requested, REMONDIS has commissioned the independent institute, ATZ Entwicklungszentrum headed by Prof. Martin Faulstich, to develop a software-based tool with which the savings achieved by the recycling measures can be scientifically evaluated and...
REMONDIS and ATZ certify sustainability SCIENTIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATE FOR INDUSTRY, TRADE AND COMMERCE
Energy and phosphor out of sewage sludge
After a successful pilot run, the new sludge disposal in Straubing was inaugurated in the end of January. This system is unique in Germany: it burns sewage sludge to phosphor-rich sewage sludge ash and is generating electricity and heat at the same time .
In the year 2008 the first sod for the 6 million euro project was cut. The facility is solving the disposal problem of sewage sludge on an exemplary way. A large part of the generated electricity is being used...
Patrick Masset new head of the department New Materials
Since the beginning of the year, Dr. HDR Patrick J. Masset has been assuming the management of the department New Materials at the ATZ Entwicklungszentrum. After his doctoral thesis in the field of high temperature electrochemistry at the National Polytechnic Institute Grenoble in France, Dr. Masset was employed in different European research centers during the last ten years and has researched amongst others at the Karl-Winnacker-Institut der Dechema in Frankfurt/Main....
SRU Special report requires more precaution in the management of nanomaterials
Nanomaterials offer numerous new opportunities for innovation but they can also pose new risks. Nanomaterials are now used in many different economic sectors and increasingly also in consumer products such as cosmetics, textiles, and food packaging. The possible consequences of this use have not been sufficiently studied. There is a danger of a widening gap between the technological development and the knowledge about risks.
In its Special Report “Precautionary...
19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Berlin, June 10, 2011 - The 19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, this year’s premium event for the entire range of bioenergy ended on Friday, June 10, 2011. Chairman of the 19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition was Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Faulstich, Chairman of the Board of ATZ Entwicklungszentrum and Head of Institute of Resources and Energy Technology at the Technische Universität München. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Faulstich: “Biomass is a renewable raw...
19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition June 2011
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Faulstich, chief executive of the ATZ Entwicklungszentrum – Processes and Materials for Energy Technology, is appointed to the Conference General Chairman of 19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition 2011. Also ATZ Entwicklungszentrum will be exibiting at this venue.
The world’s leading Conference in the field of biomass is hosting more than 1.000 presentations in plenary, oral and visual sessions. The conference, which takes place in...
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