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.