Energy trail

The educational trail tour, which covers almost the entire campus in Weihenstephan, takes you to places where energy is generated and the effects on climate are illustrated. Playfully, the app informs about the sustainable use of energy at eleven different stations.

Participants can test their knowledge with exciting quiz questions in two levels of difficulty and collect energy points for their efforts. The audio guide app also contains a lot of additional information on the topics of the educational trail.

Download the audio guide app Locandy, start the audio walk and go directly. The educational trail begins in front of the D1 building of the University of applied sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf (Am Staudengarten 1, 84354 Freising). Scan the QR code on the information board at the starting point, and the first audio clip will set in. Maddy and Paddy, two fictional scientists, accompany you interactively and explain how to get from one listening station to the next.

You will be guided to stations 2 to 11 with the help of the app and GPS. As soon as you arrive at the right place, the station unlocks automatically, and you will find out what agri-photovoltaics is all about, how energy is generated from wind power or how climate protection is designed at airports.

You can visit the energy trail in a group or alone. If you are on your own, headphones come in handy.

The audio guide app aims to get people of different generations interested in climate protection and energy. Students at the HSWT have designed the content for young persons from the 10th grade and adults. But the new tour is also an experience for families with small children and other interested parties.

The audio guide app takes you past the HSWT greenhouses, for example, where the listeners learn about the greenhouse effect - its disadvantages and advantages. On the walk, you will literally encounter the topic of energy and energy transport in a hands-on way - using a district heating pipe provided by the municipal utility, Paddy and Maddy explain what is meant by the energy transition, what challenges there are and what role district heating plays. Other audio stations deal with forms of energy supply, such as wind energy and other factors that influence the climate.

As part of a project in the core module "Processing of Energy Crops", students developed the basics for the nature trail. Under the management of Prof. Dr Oliver Falk (programme director of Management of Renewable Energies) and Dr Sebastian Baum (research staff in the field of renewable energy technology), they developed the basic ideas and the technical background of the educational path.

The University of applied sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, the Domberg-Akademie. Foundation for Adult Education of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, the Freising public utility company and the climate protection management of the city of Freising supported the joint project. Funds from the Bavarian State Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection, the Department of the Environment of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, and the grants of the involved project partners financed it.