The First Green Micro Gym - Portland Oregon

The Green Microgym in Portland, Oregon will become the first gym in the country to harness human energy from fitness bikes and convert it to electricity. Specially built motors hooked up to spin bikes will convert energy created by people exercising on the “eco bikes” into 200- 600 watts an hour of electricity, which is then stored in a special battery bank. The electricity in the battery bank is then used to power equipment, like the gym's energy efficient treadmills, which use 30 percent less power than standard machines. The Green Microgym's owner, Adam Boesel, expects that the amount of power generated will be modest at first, but hopes that the gym will eventually run fully on the energy it generates for itself. Meanwhile, the gym is going green in other ways, by turning lights and fans over equipment off when they are not in use, installing flooring made from recycled tires in the main gym floor and cork in the yoga room, solar power awnings, low flow toilets, and no showers to cut out water heating costs. It's all part of Boesel's plan to eventually achieve “a net zero usage” carbon footprint. If the Green Microgym is successful... and odds are that plenty of people will sign up for the gym's 30 dollar a month membership fee in a town full of tree huggers like Portland... then don't be surprised to see similar facilities pop up all over the country. As if you needed another reason to feel guilty about not going to the gym. I'm Elizabeth Chambers. Check back here for more eco friendly news and tips, right here on LivingGreenChannel.Com.

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[bigd4316]

@sobefobik but that's not being more green, it's just making me pay for the shower.

[sobefobik]

@brian8793 You obviously don't understand the concept of recycling. And why would the equipment break down any more than others? When I think of ignorant it's people like you that come to mind.

[sobefobik]

@bigd4316 Wow! You might actually have to go home to take a shower!

[brian8793]

This is so lame. Do you know how many times these bikes and all of the other equipment is going to break down?

"Alternative energy" is garbage. Recycling is garbage. I can't believe there are this many ignorrant people on the planet. Oh, it's "recycling" so it must be good. What about the trucks, containers, and the facility to recycle all of that crap?

Unless your house is laden with solar panels, and your back yard is packed full of windmills, SHUT YOUR HOLE.

[brian8793]

As long as no tax dollars go to this crap, I'm all for it.

Make your money, but don't take ours!

[bigd4316]

No showers?!? are you serious?? In a gym!?

[GaraidhS]

Big deal, saw this on Gilligan's Island 30 years ago.

[cashflow390]

how can someone honestly hate on this idea... there is seriously somthing wrong with people now days.. no one cares... fuck it all ill blow my brains out right now... that would excite people..

[Penguinfan744]

I thought it was a neat idea until I heard two terrifying words.... "no showers"

[ThingsThatReallySuck]

PORTLAND IS A RACIST SHAM. DON'T BELIEVE ITS HYPE.