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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Victoria Namkung

I invented a pedal-powered home office. Now I exercise – and save energy – at my desk

man sits at desk in home office, posing for photo on a seat with pedals and metal legs in the shape of an upside-down v. room has bookshelves and globe and wood trim
Jim Gregory with his pedal-powered workstation at his home in Ames, Iowa. Photograph: KC McGinnis/The Guardian

Jim Gregory, 59, loves to cycle. More than a decade before the work-from-home revolution, the Iowa business owner was grappling with a conundrum now faced by many: how to stay active while spending so much of his day at the computer.

Jim wondered if he could combine the joy of cycling with a desire to reduce his energy consumption. Thus was born the PedalPC, a machine built from a repurposed bicycle trailer that generates enough electricity to run his computer, printer, phone chargers and home wifi.

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