Genna Eneman

ANCHOR: Texas State has taken the lead in adopting green technologies. It's been over a year since the university unveiled its Calories-to-Kilowatts program at the student recreation center. Our Genna Eneman is there live to tell us what it's all about.

LIVE-ON-SCENE: The initiative outfitted 30 elliptical machines to convert kinetic energy into electricity. The energy is produced during a workout. And the electricity that's generated is recycled into the campus power grid.

RECORDED NARRATION: It cost Texas State nearly 20-thousand dollars to install the ReRev system. Returns on the investment won't be seen for eight to ten years, but university officials say the project was not created as a cost-effective initiative, but rather to get students thinking about sustainable energy. Students are taking notice of the university's on-going efforts to explore green technology.
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The Calories-to-Kilowatts program has received overwhelming support from students, and some would like to see it expanded.
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The university hopes to eventually retrofit all 100 of the cardio machines at the rec center with the ReRev system.
LIVE-ON-SCENE: The University of North Texas recently installed the same renewable energy system on 36 machines at its Recreation Center. Who knows? It could be that Texas State has started a trend. Reporting Live from the Rec Center....For Bobcat Update, I'm Genna Eneman. Back to you at the studio.