In Oregon: A Gym Powered By Exercise

Remember going to the local science museum’s elecricity exhibit? You get on a bike hooked up to a generator and pedal away until soon that generator feeds a light bulb, that flickers and burns bright.

The Green Microgym in Portland is using the same concept to ability the TVs and stereos at the gym. Solar capability feeds the lights. Bikes are linked together using a technology called the Human Dynamo.

The Human Dynamo is a bike connected to a battery that stores the energy society create while they pedal. That energy is next converted and

appliances plugged into the box feed off its potential. The system is particularly effective in group spinning classes, and any other class that involves some sort of wheel.

To save energy the gym plus shuts televisions and equipment off when no one’s using them.

The Green Microgym’s next step in becoming carbon neutral is sending their energy to Portland’s potential company to create towering term energy storage.

[via BBC]

In Oregon: A Gym Powered By Exercise originally presented on Green Daily on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:36:00 EST

[Source] Sea Stachura

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