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Now, this is interesting. Go Green Fitness in Orange, CT, uses the people in the gym to generate their power. That is right, this new gym at 500 Boston Post Road features a room with 24 exercise bikes where riders pedal during spin class and generate electricity that is used to power the building. It opened a over a month ago and has been a successful business thus far.

While people pedal, they can see how much energy they are producing in watts. How does this energy convert itself into a useful source of power? Well, the watts from all of the pedaling travel to a converter box in the back of the room. This box then routes the energy into the building’s electric meter. From the electric meter, the power is split between the various businesses.  The amount of energy that this gym produces due to the spin class has been estimated by the owner himself to meet up to 72 percent of their electricity demand. I think that their logo, “Powered by the People” suits this company very well!

Of course, making their own energy is something to brag about, but apparently the gym even looks beyond amazing. For instance, the spin class is able to watch a flat-screen television that shows images of nature throughout each class. There are also LED lights that change color in the rooms. Look at that, they are even using LEDs to be resourceful. It is also a clean and healthy gym–especially with floors and walls that are intended to be as hypo-allergenic and clean as possible. Not only this, but the walls are coated with antibacterial paint.

Kravitz, the owner, definitely did a good job incorporating the spin class into a great investment for the company.

If you think he sounds interesting, I read an article from December 8th that stated “Kravitz is seeking to hire spin instructors and plans to grow the business to include nutritional counseling, personal training and other services. He also hopes to grow Go Green Fitness into a franchise.”

I think it is interesting that more gyms are not doing this. However, I won’t be surprised in a few years from now if I see that every gym starts doing what Kravitz did to lower energy bills.