Revolution Door Captures Human Power  E-mail
Written by Hank Green   
Tuesday, 19 February 2008

Here we have yet another example of using people's everyday actions to produce a bit of power. Already, there's excercise equipment power, body-heated office buildings, and power-generating turnstyles.

But here's another little system that could keep doing its job while generating a bit of electricity on the side. Mostly, it's just a demostration project though. The power generated would likely not be enough to ever pay for the device and many revolving doors are already heavy enough without the added resistance of a generator.

Still, it's hard not to find the idea pleasant.

Via Inhabitat

 

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Revolving doors are already green
written by Joel , February 20, 2008
While I think adding resistance to doors to create a minimal amount of power is a dumb idea, I wanted to point out that Revolving doors are already eco friendly. They are designed to keep air from blowing into or out of buildings. Normal doors allow drafts through large buildings.. which is why most large buildings have two layers of external doors with ~15 feet of space in-between. You save that extra floor space when you use revolving doors.
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written by Rob , February 20, 2008
Extra bit of exercise for y'all. Sounds good!
who cares? and if you do.. why do you ca
written by Sham , February 21, 2008
is the idea of environmental friendliness to make minute changes in an attempt to balance out the increase?

i think ideas like this are essentially wishful thinking AND/OR appeasing people to believe they are doing their part AND/OR part of an attempt to cash in on our intuition that something must be done..

OR is it the idea to push radical changes in cultural thought towards the development of sustainable living?

SHAM
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