December 19th, 2019 – For five years, we’ve been working with FortisBC to reduce their arena customers’ energy spend. That began with the successful large-scale pilot project that put REALice into 10 BC arenas – and marked the start of the adoption of REALice in Canada....
December 3rd, 2019 – Saanich News reports on the District of Saanich's purchase of a second REALice system for Pearkes Arena's Green rink. The District was able to benefit from the FortisBC rebate which offered a refund of $20,000 for the system. The rebate applies to indoor rinks that...
November 12th, 2019 – With the purchase of a second REALice system for the Green rink at the G.R. Pearkes Arena, the era of flooding ice rinks with hot water is coming to an end in Saanich, BC. In 2016, the District of Saanich installed their first REALice system at Pearkes' Gold rink. It...
Vancouver, November 6th, 2019 - The District of Sparwood installed a REALice system this summer to turn off the hot water for all of their ice resurfacing. “We are very excited to have the REALice system in our arena,” says Duane Lawrence, Director of Community &...
October 26, 2019 – The Vadnais Sports Center in Vadnais Heights, MN installed a REALice system for their indoor twin ice arena more than two years ago. Electric and natural gas utility Xcel Energy offered a rebate to Ramsey County to install the energy-saving water treatment system that amounted...
Can REALice make positive improvements to the way you operate your arena? The Idaho Ice World in Boise, ID thinks so. In fact, it's taken them to a whole new level. "Our Ice Game Has Stepped Up 100%!" The Idaho Ice World installed REALice this past summer on their...
Pechanga Arena San Diego has been using REALice to make its ice since March, 2018. The 14,000-seat AEG-owned facility is home to the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League and off-ice events like Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live and concerts like country singer Luke Combs. Here at REALice, we’re proud of the installation. And so is their...
REALice is making a pretty significant difference to the greenhouse gas emissions our clients’ facilities. Each sheet of ice resurfaced with REALice saves up to 41 tons of CO2 from going into the atmosphere each year. Forty-one tons may not seem like a lot, but it’s...
If you dread opening your rink’s electric bill, you’re not alone. It’s very expensive to run an indoor ice arena, and utility costs keep going up. That's why you need REALice. REALice will make your arena more sustainable. And it will save you a ton of...
If city water didn’t have so much air in it, everyone could use cold water to resurface their ice. But that’s not the way it is. Cold water holds much more air than hot water – and one way to remove that air is by heating the...