Creating our own energy

Go Green Fitness in Orange, Ct is putting its muscle where is mouth is. Instead of just talking green, the fitness facility is saving and generating green. Through modifying its spinning cycles, a typical 20 bike spinning class can produce over the course of a year 3.6 megawatts of energy. This is enough power to light 72 homes for a month. The facility also utilizes passive house design principles and construction methods to create an air-tight building envelope. Furthermore, through ambient lighting they receive 100% of their daytime light.