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Together with the residents of Karlsruhe, we want to promote

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sustainable urban development, experiment and research how this can

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look like in reality.

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The Balkonnetz was specifically about energy.

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Energy is super important for the transformation, but very abstract.

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During Corona, there was an event called Zukunftsraum, where people

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are sought out who get a balcony module for a year and then report on

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their experiences in the context of workshops and online surveys.

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We just wanted to know, does that change anything?

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Does that change people's mindset?

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Do they deal differently with energy?

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We really started to pay more attention to what I can do during the

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day, when the sun is shining.

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Otherwise, we often turned on the dishwasher in the evening.

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And we didn't do that at all, we just turned it on during the day.

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Or with our coffee machine, it always has to preheat a bit before we

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can use it.

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That you just think more about it, is it worth it now that I turn it

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on at all?

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And I think I used to think less about it.

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That was a big challenge when we got it back then.

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It was still a brand new market.

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Now you can buy them in the hardware store and somehow everyone knows

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about it.

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We have it on a flat roof with us.

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This attachment set was for the balcony railing.

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That means we built a stand for ourselves so that we could put it up

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on the flat roof.

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And then this registration, also at the city works, we needed a new

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electricity meter, was actually another adventure in itself.

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Monument protection is a big challenge when it comes to balcony

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modules.

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But a lot has already happened here.

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It's always a balance between preserving old structures and making

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them fit for the future.

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At the moment I'm writing my doctoral thesis.

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I'm investigating how real laboratories affect the actors.

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In a real laboratory, it's usually the case that knowledge production,

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or research and implementation, run parallel.

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It can always be that unforeseen things happen.

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That means you develop a research design, optimally with citizens, but

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then it is always adjusted during the process.

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We look at what are the problems, what are the challenges.

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I would also recommend the experiment to others.

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Of course, definitely.

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Personally, I also enjoy this research part.

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So these workshops, filling out the questionnaires.

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But in general, regardless of the experiment, I would recommend

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everyone to get a balcony PV module.