Hong Kong Gym Generates Electricity While Exercising
Many though of using the energy produced in fitness centers, but a few have done it. California Fitness Gym from Hong Kong is the first gym that actually stores and uses the energy.
The California Fitness Gym is more efficient and it is reducing the impact on the environment by using the energy created during the exercises into light and heat.
The consoles of the exercise machines themselves were already powered by human energy. But about 90 percent of the energy produced during workouts was dissipated as heat.
Lucien Gambarota, inventor and renewable energy entrepreneur explains how the energy from exercisers is transformed into electricity
“Each of these machines, they are equipped with a generator inside. So what we did, we diverted part of the electricity produced by the machine to recharge a battery. And with what we store in the battery, we have been able to power part of the lighting system.”
This is a very good motivation to watch how your fat turns on the light.
Another similar facility is the Sustainable Dance Club, a project that turns footwork into kilowatts to power the club’s basic utilities.
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RSS Trackback URL 19. July 2007 (14:01)Filed under: Exercise, Motivation, Body, Weight loss, Strange Diets
3 Comments»
Robert
20. July 2007 | 01:13 hSo you get to pay for a gym membership AND help them save on power bills….What a deal!
Melinda
9. November 2007 | 07:46 hWhere can I get one of those bikes? I’d love to be able to create energy while working out, it would be even more motivation to do something good for my body.
Nessie
9. November 2007 | 09:16 hMelinda, you can find the bike in The California Fitness Gym.