14 DAY TRIAL // Folks running a gym in England have decided to tap into the green energy potential of your average Joe and Jane, and have installed a total of 42 bikes, treadmills, cross-trainers that turn human energy into electricity.
The working principles behind this eco-friendly initiative are pretty straightforward: while people are busy burning off yesterday's heavy lunch or late dinner, their body produces energy.
This energy is collected by the cross-trainers, treadmills and bikes, and turned into electricity. The more calories people burn, the more green energy is produced.
According to Think Progress, some of the electricity is used to power the machines.
When the cross-trainers, bikes and treadmills start feeling a tad too full, the electricity generated by the Joes and Janes is fed into the gym's own power supply, and used to keep the facility up and running.
The eco-friendly machines now used at the Cadbury House Club in Congresbury, Somerset England cost about $981,120 (€722,320) to buy and install.
In a recent interview, Jason Eaton, the gym's manager, explained that, ever since folks started using them, the facility's energy consumption had dropped by about 30%.