November 06, 2013 by hpgadmin

HPG has Officially Launched in the RSF!

HPG would also like to thank everyone involved in making this project happen including: Maha Haji & Kimberly Lau (Co-Founders), Professor Alice Agogino, The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF); UC LEADS; NERDS; Sigma Xi; the Chancellor’s Green Fund Grant; Berkeley Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability; Dr. George Anwar; Chathu Abeyrathna; Steven Frangos; Darshan Kasar; Josh Natividad; Shail Shah; Leonard Toy; Mike Weinberger, Seamus Wilmot, Eric Craypo, and Devin Wicks of the administrative staff at the RSF; Spring 2010, Spring 2013 ME110 project teams, Spring 2013 ME290H project team.

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Our project has generated a great deal of media. Please check out the following articles, podcasts, and videos for more information.

December 2013: The Human Powered Elliptical is now in the RSF! - TGIF

November 2013: HPG team installs ellipticals at the RSF - berkeleyByte

November 2013: Work out to charge up - Innovations - UC Berkeley College of Engineering

November 2013: Charge Your Electronics As You Work-out - Recreational Sports, UC Berkeley

October 2013: The Human-Powered Gym Set to Deploy at RSF - UC Berkeley Department of Mechanical Engineering

April 2010: Video Feature: A low-wattage workout - UC Berkeley College of Engineering Webzine

April 2010: CACS Recognizes Innovation and Achievement and 2010 The Green Initiative Fund Grantees - UC Berkeley Office of Sustainability Bright Green News

December 2009: Dec 2009 Sustainability Forum - UC Berkeley Office of Sustainability Bright Green News

September 29, 2009: Green Machines - Campus Issues: Retrofitting exercise machines to generate power furthers the campus's green agenda and applies student knowledge. - The Daily Californian

September 24, 2009: Exercise Machines May Supply Power for RSF - The Daily Californian

Please check out the following links to read our published and unpublished papers, presentations, and posters.

ES2010-90195: Human Power Generation in Fitness Facilities - Proceedings of ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability ES2010 May 17-22, 2010

Presentation: Human Power Generation in Fitness Facilities - ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability ES2010 May 17-22, 2010

Harnessing Human Power for Alternative Energy in Fitness Facilities: A Case Study - Proceedings of AASHE 2010 Conference on Campus Initiatives to Catalyze a Just and Sustainable World October 10-12, 2010