Energy Playground
Your Effort, Your Energy!
Quick Facts
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The energy swings allow riders to glide over 20’ and to a height of 9’ to output 12 Volt electricity to the Energy Well or other devices.
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Energy Playground riders have produced over 10,000 zero impact grid neutral snowcones in only one year!
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The Energy Well is a lithium ion battery system capable of collecting energy from input devices and delivering energy back to the grid or into plugged in devices.
About The Program
A spin off of the Energy FACTory, The Energy Playground offers you the chance to relive your childhood memories while powering concerts, snow cone machines, movies and other energy- thirsty equipment. The Energy Playground can be created for an individual, a classroom or even a music festival. All the equipment is designed to be user-friendly so you don’t need a Ph.D. to ride any of the devices, just some endurance and desire to create your own energy. The Energy Playground is a first step in getting people to embrace alternative energy and see the impact, big or small, that they can make as one person or a group.
Bikes The Tour de Energy bikes help power everything from the Sweatshop Mixer to flat-screen TVs! As you pedal, you produce kinetic energy that is converted to electricity through alternator. At Coachella 2007, a fleet of 24 Tour de Energy bikes helped power festival goers’ cell phones.
Swings Whether you are out for a relaxing swing or you’re trying to get a better view of the main stage, you’ll be lightening the load with the Energy Swings. Energy Swings capture the motion of participants and convert it into 12-volt energy. This energy is stored in the battery well and used to refresh riders.
Merry-Go-Round Similar to the Energy Seesaw, the Energy Merry-Go-Round will provide festival goers a trip back to their youth with another fun, energy-producing experience. When the Energy Merry-Go-Round spins, energy is harnessed and transformed into the electricity needed to power multiple 12-volt appliances or collected into a battery storage well.
Hamster Wheels At seven feet tall, the Human Hamster Wheels allow festival goers to take big steps in making alternative energy. Festival goers run stay in place while the wheels spin to convert kinetic energy into electricity.
Energy Seesaw The Energy Seesaw gives a jolt to your playground memories. You can enjoy a fun pasttime while also charging your cell phone, iPod or camera.
Energy Well The Energy Well takes battery storage above and beyond the usual. The Energy Well is a 12-volt, fully monitor-able, and adaptable battery command center. As electricity flows from production devices into the Energy Well, software can be plugged in to track all aspects of production and share in real time the results of riders’ work. If you want to take your participants to the next level, you can crank up the resistance at the energy well.
Handcranks The handcranks power everything from the Sweatshop Mixer to listening stations, where you can have the opportunity to be the first to listen to newly released albums from popular artists! Past albums we’ve cranked include Pearl Jam’s “Backspacer” at Outside Lands 2009.
Energy Dance Floor The Energy Dance Floor makes each jump more powerful than the last. This floor captures the energy expended every time you step down and turns it into electricity. The energy collected will be used to power a variety of items.