Baden-Württemberg State Institute for the Environment | |
Native Name: | LUBW Landesanstalt für Umwelt Baden-Württemberg |
Native Name Lang: | de |
Region: | Baden-Württemberg |
Type: | Public legal body and state institution |
Parent Organisation: | Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy Economy, Baden-Württemberg |
Established: | 1 January 2006 |
Headquarters: | Karlsruhe |
Leader Name: | Margareta Barth (President) |
Staff: | 550 |
The Baden-Württemberg State Institute for the Environment, until December 1, 2017 Landesanstalt für Umwelt, Messungen und Naturschutz Baden-Württemberg (LUBW), is a central institution of the German federated state of Baden-Württemberg, whose legal responsibilities lie in the fields of environmental conservation, health and safety and consumer protection and thus they support the state authorities at a technical level in nature conservation and radiation protection.[1]
The head office of the LUBW is in Karlsruhe; in 2015 it had 550 employees and an annual budget of €65 million.[1]