SEATTLE—In recognition of Sustainability Month, SportsArt is highlighting the environmental practices behind its fitness equipment, demonstrating how sustainability can begin on the manufacturing floor and continue with every workout.
Known for its ECO-POWR energy-generating cardio equipment, SportsArt incorporates renewable energy, water conservation and resource-conscious practices into its manufacturing operations. These efforts reflect the company’s commitment to supporting healthier people and a healthier planet both at its United States facility as well as their global headquarters in Tainan, Taiwan.
The result is a fundamentally different approach to sustainable fitness—one in which exercise doesn’t just consume energy, it can help produce it.
“Sustainability Month is an opportunity for organizations to look closely at how and where they use energy and identify meaningful ways to reduce their environmental impact,” said Ruben Mejia, Executive Vice President of SportsArt Americas. “ECO-POWR demonstrates that sustainability can be incorporated into something people are already doing every day. Every workout becomes an opportunity to generate electricity and make movement more meaningful.”
Through its innovative ECO-POWR line of fitness equipment, SportsArt transforms human effort into usable electricity. The technology captures up to 74 percent of the energy generated during a workout and converts it into utility-grade electricity that can be fed back into a facility’s electrical grid.
In addition to their equipment itself, SportsArt’s sustainability mission starts on the manufacturing floor. Some of their ongoing sustainability initiatives include:
Harnessing Solar Energy
Solar panels at SportsArt’s manufacturing facility generate approximately half of the electricity the facility uses annually. The building also incorporates solar-reflective glass to reduce the energy required for cooling, while rainwater collection tanks supply water for manufacturing processes.
Conserving Water & Materials
SportsArt uses recycled rainwater for watering the grounds. Its water conservation practices also include wastewater reuse, with water from the painting process treated at the factory and a local processing plant before being used for street cleaning and roadside greenery.
Resource conservation extends to packaging and daily operations. SportsArt uses 60 to 70 percent post-consumer paper in its packaging in addition to recycling paper and reusing boxes for parts shipments.
Design for Energy Efficiency
The company’s factory features windows that admit daylight while limiting heat, an exterior designed to help cool the building naturally, and an air conditioning system that activates when temperatures exceed 82.4 degrees.
National Sustainability Month offers an opportunity to consider the decisions behind everyday products—from the resources used to manufacture them to their impact during use. SportsArt’s approach connects those stages through facility practices and fitness technology designed with environmental responsibility in mind.
For more information, visit www.gosportsart.com.
