Eco Fitness Gym Converts Exercise into Electricity

Brut America

This California gym converts kinetic energy from its members’ exercising into electricity so they can work out while practicing and learning about sustainability.

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00:00As we all know, climate change is a big problem right now and we can see it all over the news.

00:04What we do today can impact the future for tomorrow and help save the planet.

00:20How do we get individuals excited about sustainability?

00:22And then how do we get individuals in a large setting to exercise all at once on a regular basis?

00:29We decided to actually create a gym that was built around sustainability and the equipment

00:33and focus on actually creating energy with every single workout.

00:37So we're not just counting how many calories you're burning or how long your workouts were.

00:42As long as they're moving, they're creating energy.

00:44So might as well put that to good use and do something with that.

00:59How do we get individuals excited about sustainability?

01:05We have a screen, a monitor that tells individuals how many watts they're producing with every workout

01:11and then what that equates to.

01:12One cycling class can produce anywhere between 2,000 and 3,000 watts

01:16and that equals close to 2.8 metric tons of CO2 emissions not going into the air.

01:23They get really excited about it because they're learning about this process as they're going.

01:27They have a better appreciation for the energy that it takes to power their cell phones and their laptops and their homes.

01:33At first they end up driving here and then over time you see them walking or riding their bikes.

01:52It only opens more doors for future possibilities.

01:56Because then we start looking at harnessing more kinetic energy throughout our daily lives.

02:01But we also want to set up youth centers in areas that don't have access to clean energy.

02:07We can build a community center within a town and then individuals can go there and exercise throughout the day,

02:11store the energy and use that energy to power the lights in their town or something.

02:16So that's our end goal, being able to bring clean energy to all the various parts of the world.

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