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Energy Initiative - The Power Plan

Implementing a sustainable and innovative energy initiative to promote fitness and health among college students. The project involves using flywheel technology to store energy generated from exercise equipment. The University of Tennessee aims to enhance student wellness, establish environmental sustainability, and provide monetary incentives for physical activity. Customer feedback and market strategy support the effectiveness and feasibility of this initiative.

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Energy Initiative - The Power Plan

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  1. B212-4 Including: Chase Hunter, Braxton Haynie, Evan Bean, and Davari Reeder EF 152 Spring, 2018. 4/2/2019 Energy Initiative - The Power Plan

  2. Goal’s of Energy Initiative: • Increase physical fitness and overall health of the UT student body. • Encourage students to workout often and develop good habits. • Give students an immediate and tangible benefits when they choose to workout.

  3. Customer Requirements/Product Selection • First customer in mind is UT’s TREC. • Can generally be applied to any college or university. • Product was decided upon because of benefits seen to the entire student body compared to the cost.

  4. Conceptual Design • The original design was just for one type of workout equipment (Row machine) • Later after some research we saw the it could easily be applied to multiple machines. • Originally we thought of ways we could crank an engine using manpower, we eventually decided upon using a flywheel to store rotational energy.

  5. Actual Design Here are multiple pictures showing the different machines and how you could easily replace the weights with a flywheel and motor.

  6. Marketing Video

  7. This university is always looking for new avenues to improve its environmental impact. With this new application of renewable energy, UTK would have yet another example for why it’s one of the nation’s top institutes. -Katy Locke, Director of TRECs Customer Feedback I support any idea of creating yet another universally-beneficial incentive that could persuade young adults to improve their health and individual lifestyles. -Tee Ezell, Fitness Director of TRECs Although the application of these ideas is far beyond my imagination, I surely can see the substantial benefits that could be made by this idea to the university, its faculty and student body. -Cameron Freeman, Facilities Manager of TRECs

  8. Amount made per kWh = 10.4914¢ Average energy produced is 160W Assumed 50% efficiency 71.95 man hours Retail price of $1500 Energy the student would generate would flow right into their flex account Logistics

  9. Summary and Conclusions • The University of Tennessee would create a healthy campus • The school could end up pioneering a new health program across the country • Implementation would easy and fast, showing instant results. • Help students feel better and make a little money • Any questions?

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