APPARATUS FOR COOLING AND/OR HEATING THE INTERIOR OF AN ENVIRONMENT AND METHODS OF USING SAME

A system comprising an electric motor, a compressor configured to be driven by the electric motor, a plurality of valves in fluid communication with an output of the compressor, a rotor disposed adjacent the valves and configured to spin as the valves control fluid movement toward the rotor, and a magnet is coupled to the rotor and configured to spin within a stator, wherein the compressor causes fluid to move through the valves thereby causing the rotor to spin the magnet, which in turn generates an electrical current.