There is no questioning that exercise does the body good. Yoga can be used for stretching and relaxation, walking can provide meditation and cardiovascular exercise and, thanks to Ping’s efforts, exercising can help produce electrical power to help the environment. Now, when you work your body, you can also exercise to create carbon-neutral power to the recreation center.

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Thanks to the new ReCardio system installed at Ping, twenty elliptical machines have been outfitted with the ability to produce electrical power to the building. The amount of energy depends on how many people are using them and how much resistance they use. Workers at Ping are encouraging patrons to increase resistance during workouts not only to boost your exercise but to also boost the power generating efforts of the new program.

The self-powered ellipticals, located in the Lookout Area by the stairs on the second floor, take 10% of the energy created to keep it running while the other 90% in transferred into energy from the building. According to the Web site, that power can be used in a variety of ways in the building:

A typical 30 minute workout produces 50 watt hours of clean, carbon-free electricity. That’s enough electricity to run a CFL bulb-2 hrs. 30min; Incandescent bulb-45 min; Laptop-1hr; or Desktop computer-30 min.

As Ping has increased efforts to be greener, this program shows that they have really put forth a serious effort to combat environmental issues. While they have increased recycling in the building and have employees shut down lights in certain areas, this new ReCardio system will surely help those efforts even more. Next time you want to work up some sweat at Ping, find these ellipticals and work up some energy for the building as well.