Human-Generated Energy Concepts

Innovation is bringing us new hope

When we think about human-generated energy, we often envision a person hopping on a stationary bike and pedaling until energy is produced. A student of the School of Architecture at Oxford Brookes University, however, has a different idea of how to harness human-generated energy.

Titled 'The Human Hydro Park Royal,' this innovative concept seeks to make use of "otherwise wasted movement." The emerging architect Otto Copping envisioned this as a solution for the rising costs of living in urban cities—something that is even more pronounced in the post-pandemic stages as things "move back to normal," so to speak. In Copping's human-generated energy design, the dwellers of a building "create air pressure that forces water to be released over a water wheel, in turn creating energy."

Image Credit: Otto Copping