The University of Kansas plans to tap student workouts for alternate energy.

Fifteen elliptical machines at the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center will be connected next month to devices that reroute the kinetic energy created by workouts into the building's electric grid.

The Florida-based makers of the ReRev devices that convert the kinetic energy estimate the 15 machines will generate 10 kilowatts of energy per day, or enough to power a student apartment for a day. The electricity will be use at the student center, which officials said should reduce carbon emissions and help lower cooling costs.

The equipment is already being used at universities in Florida, Oregon, Portland and Nebraska.

The Student Environmental Board is paying the project's $15,000 cost.