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Type of organisation: Government agency.
Address: Nordbahnhofstraße 135, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany.
Email: abteilung9@rps.bwl.de
Website: http://www.gesundheitsamt-bw.de
Areas of Activity: Healthy residential lifestyle in general ; Ventilation behaviour; Mould prevention; Indoor air quality in general.
Settings for information provision: Households; Schools & day care; Public buildings; Offices/ occupational settings.
Communications tools: Website information; Active dissemination of brochures and material; Guidance through telephone advice services; Public campaigns in the media.
Type of organisation: National agency.
Address: Corrensplatz 1, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Email: regine.szewzyk@uba.de
Website: http://www.umweltbundesamt.de
Areas of Activity: Ventilation behaviour; Damp prevention; Mould prevention; Practical / structural remediation; Climate change, thermal comfort and energy efficiency, Indoor air quality in general.
Settings for information provision: Households; Schools & day care; Residential care; Public buildings; Offices/ occupational settings.
Communications tools: Website information; Active dissemination of brochures and material; Guidance through telephone advice services.
Type of organisation: Consumers’ association.
Address: Office Bielefeld, Herforder Sh. 33, 33602 Bielefeld, Germany.
Email: bielefeld.umwelt@vz-nrw.de
Website: http://www.vz-nrw.de
Areas of Activity: Healthy residential lifestyle in general ; Ventilation behaviour; Damp prevention; Mould prevention; Practical / structural remediation ; Structural remediation ; Climate change, thermal comfort and energy efficiency; Indoor air quality in general; Contracting professionals and remediation companies.
Settings for information provision: Households.
Communications tools: Website information; Active dissemination of brochures and material; Guidance through telephone advice services; Availability of experts for face-to-face discussion in the agency; Home visits and inspection services; Services are also available in Turkish.
Type of organisation: National agency (of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg).
Address: Nordbahnhofstraße 135, D-70191 Stutgart, Germany.
Email: who.cc@rps.bwl.de
Website: www.whocc-housing-and-health.de
Areas of Activity: Healthy residential lifestyle in general; Ventilation behaviour; Damp prevention; Mould prevention; Practical / structural remediation; Climate change, thermal comfort and energy efficiency; Indoor air quality in general.
Settings for information provision: Households; Schools & day care; Public buildings; Offices/ occupational settings.
Communications tools: Website information; Public campaigns in the media; Active dissemination of brochures and material.
Written on 15 April 2009.


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