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It began as a classroom assignment to develop a business case for a real-world climate solution. Now it has transformed exercise at Brown University’s Nelson Fitness Center into a green energy initiative. “It’s like you’re a human power plant,” says Elina Pipa, who spearheaded the idea. “When you hop on one of these machines, you’re not just doing something good for your body -- you’re doing something great for the planet, too.” Soon 17 Sports additional machines will join the existing fleet of eight. They are already in use at Ohio State University and Monkton Stadium in England. “You don’t need to reinvent the wheel to have an impact," Pipa says. "Sometimes, it’s about taking an existing idea and running with it -- literally!”