This is simply brilliant!
The opening of Portland’s The Green Microgym this week seems like a perfect complement to the announcement of M2E’s kinetic charger, which can generate energy from motion. Adam Boesel, The Green Microgym’s owner, doctored up spin bikes with weed whacker motors and truck alternators so that patrons can create energy to help power the 2,800 foot space.
According to DailyTech, the Team Dynamo and Spin Bikes at the gym can each generate up to 75 watts per hour. Next on Boesel’s list is generating power from elliptical trainers.
At first, patrons will probably generate about 25 percent of the gym’s power. But Boesel hopes that eventually they will be to generate all of it.
The Green Microgym follows in the footsteps of Hong Kong’s California Fitness gym, which uses gym-goers’ energy to power light fixtures.
This article was published by CleanTechnica.com and authored by Ariel Schwartz.
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That\’s really awesome!
Yeah I reckon! It makes you stop and think about how many times energy is wasted as it falls out of the ‘loop’. I’ve read some great stuff lately about car sun roofs doubling as solar panels which recharge the hybrid battery and mobile phone screens that do the same to recharge your battery where ever you are!