Israel Benavidez and Sergio Quintuña, students majoring in electronics and automation in our branch campus in Quito, implemented an energy system generated by exercise bikes. The project is part of the environmental recognition that our branch campus was awarded by the municipality of Cuenca and seeks to reduce environmental footprint of the university by implementing renewable energies in order to generate electric power without polluting.

"One of the demands of having received the environmental recognition is to have an area of energization by using renewable energy, therefore the electronics and automation undergraduate program implemented energization to illuminate the university gym with the use of exercise bikes", stated Benavidez.

Once the study of the mechanics of the bicycles and the determination of the power was carried out, they carried out the mechanical and electrical systems for the generation of electricity. In conclusion, the system is capable of generating enough energy so that there is lighting all day. "It works with the commercial energy and the energy generated from the exercise bicycles," said Quintuña.

Gustavo Caiza, director of the Electronics and Automation undergraduate program, said "this project can be extended to other areas of the university and contribute to the reduction of environmental pollution, as well as to the development of research in this area". The proposal is part of the students' thesis under the direction of professor Javier Rojas.