Nathan Kleinschmit, Engineering Manager and Ice Specialist at The Monument in Rapid City, SD, says ice quality wasn't ever an issue at their facility. After all, Rapid City has a pretty dry environment, and the hockey season is normally over before the hot weather begins. That...
Read the latest press release from the City of Leduc: AUGUST 24, 2021 - The City of Leduc's Alexandra Arena has said goodbye to its reliance on hot water to create and maintain ice, and will be running cold through a new REALice® water treatment...
When Josh Welch from the Township of King in Ontario reached out to us about water quality, we pointed to one of our long-time customers in Castleton, VT. Castleton University's Spartan Arena has been using REALice to build and maintain the ice since 2013, with fabulous results....
Okotoks, Alberta (July 09, 2021) - Rinks at the Okotoks Pason arenas and Recreation Centre recently got an upgrade in the form of new cold water flooding systems. The town's climate change and energy specialist Sheri Young says it's actually a pretty cool process. "This used to...
Lacombe, Alberta (June 17, 2021) - The City of Lacombe has purchased and installed a cold floodwater treatment system at the Gary Moe Auto Group Sportsplex to reduce the facility operating costs and its environmental footprint. The City's operations team will be using this floodwater alternative...
June 7, 2021 – The East Coast Hockey League, a “AA” professional hockey league based in Princeton, NJ, today announced its 2020-21 Best Ice Award has been given to the Rapid City Rush, playing out of The Monument in Rapid City, South Dakota. Nathan Kleinschmit, Ice Specialist for The Monument, received the...
● no brainer ● definition: something such as a decision that is very easy or obvious REALice is a no-brainer when it comes to lowering your arena's energy spent, cut CO2 emissions, and make great ice. Ask our Energy Champions: Read one of the many success stories Join our Facebook Peer Group If you'd...
VANCOUVER, May 4, 2021 — REALice Canada is proud to recognize four individuals for leadership to their operations team and stakeholders. All of them use REALice to make great ice AND have found innovative ways to reduce their arena’s energy spend. The REALice 2021 Energy Champion...
Vancouver, BC April 2021 - The FortisBC point-of-sale rebate of $27,000 will end on December 31, 2021. As part of their COVID19 response to help municipalities save cost on their operations and recognizing that REALice is a reliable solution with proven results, FortisBC had increased the point-of-sale...
What impact will the carbon tax have on natural gas prices? Robin Hutcheson, a P. Eng. from Arborus Consulting / CoEnergy Coop in Ottawa, ON has done the math. For many municipalities using natural gas as a fuel source for water heating, the escalating costs -- even...