London’s first carbon-negative pub opens its doors, with electricity-converting floor tiles and guilt-free pints

Whether you’re cycling to work in the rain or sorting piles of recycling, doing your bit for the planet isn’t always fun.

But now it’s about to get a lot more fun, especially if you’re a fan of a pint or two.

London’s first ever carbon negative pub, the 55k Tonnes, will open its doors on Monday to offer guilt-free pints to eco-friendly punters.

Pubgoers can sip their drinks while pedaling energy-generating power bikes and walking across tiles that generate electricity with every step.

And since a pint of carbon-negative beer costs just £5.50 during the traffic jam-friendly happy hour, you can even save a few quid while saving the planet.

The 55,000 tons will be opened by Uber for a limited time to celebrate the company’s estimated avoidance of 55,000 tons of pollution since launching Uber Green for London in 2021.

Between October 7 and 9, the company will convert the Westminster pub ‘The Speaker’ into London’s first carbon negative drinks store.

Andrew Brem, managing director of Uber UK, said: ‘British pubs are where we exchange ideas and opinions, and what better way to promote dialogue about electrification in Britain than with a carbon negative pub.

“The opening of The 55k Tonnes in Westminster demonstrates Uber’s commitment to sustainability in London and beyond.”

The pub will feature energy-generating technologies designed to keep the lights on without causing pollution.

Punters can buy pints of Swell lager (pictured) from Gipsy Hill Brewery, the world’s first carbon negative beer, for £5.50

Instead of pulling up a bar stool, drinkers can sit on electric bikes that generate electricity as they pedal.

The band Coldplay used a similar system on their 2022 tour, installing rows of exercise bikes that amplified aspects of the show.

Pedaling the bike at a reasonable pace can produce between 100 and 200 watts of power – just enough to keep a light bulb on.

A UK spokesperson for Uber told MailOnline that while the company was unable to switch the pub to cycle power, people can use the bikes to charge their phones and laptops.

The 55,000 tons will also demonstrate innovative technologies that convert footprints into renewable energy.

The floor of the pub will be fitted with tiles from Pavegen (photo), which create between two and four joules of force with every step. Pictured: Pavegen tiles installed at Telford Central Station

Uber will install tiles made by a company called Pavegen that use the pressure of passing feet to spin three small electromagnetic generators.

Pavegen says each step produces about two to four joules of energy that can be stored in batteries.

But given that a light bulb uses around 100 joules of energy every second, the pub will need a lot of busy visitors to keep the lights on.

Of course, no pub would be complete without beer and visitors to the 55,000 Tonnes can enjoy Swell lager from Gipsy Hill Brewery in London – which claims to be the world’s first carbon negative beer.

The 55,000 tons will be opened by Uber for three days to celebrate the company’s estimated saving of 55,000 tons of pollution since launching Uber Green in London

From 5.50pm the pub will be hosting a ‘unique happy hour’, aimed at preventing punters from traveling during peak hours. With beer costing just £5.50 this will be one of the cheaper pints in London

This beer is brewed with barley grown through regenerative agriculture and hops that have been reclaimed and reused, meaning the farming process puts more CO2 into the ground than it produces.

Pints ​​of Swell lager will be one of London’s cheapest beers at £5.50 – well below the London average of £6.30.

To sweeten the deal, Uber says it will offer a “unique happy hour” starting at 5:50 p.m. to encourage the after-work crowd not to travel during rush hour.

During this time a selection of other drinks will be reduced to just £5.50.

Uber says customers will also receive a 55 percent discount code for their next Uber Green with their pint, so they can “get home safely and sustainably.”