Great news for Alberta arena operators! The Municipal Climate Change Action Centre (MCCAC) is still offering funding through the Recreation Energy Conservation Program (REC)—but these funds won’t last forever. Now is the perfect time to upgrade your ice maintenance system with REALice and benefit from both improved ice quality and significant energy savings. ✅ Why...
Stop Overpaying to Keep Your Ice Cold REALice is changing the game for rinks in Ontario. Cut your energy bills, claim significant rebates, and deliver better ice, just like Uxbridge Arena. 💰 Claim These Rebates Upgrade with REALice and stack these incentives: 🔌 20¢ per kWh saved — Save on Energy 🔥 $1 per...
Struggling with Water Quality? You're Not Alone. For decades, rink operators have been told they need perfect water and scalding hot floods to make great ice. But what if that wasn’t true? At REALice, we know it’s not. And monthly, we host short Zoom chats with ice techs from across...
We’ve been on the move lately, attending several trade shows, and connecting with so many of you has been fantastic. We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who visited our booth and shared your incredible success stories. Your feedback is invaluable! No worries for those...
How to Get Great Ice All Season Long How do you keep the ice looking as good throughout the season as it did when you first put it in? It can be tough, especially with dark colours in your logos and text—problem areas tend to fade...
On Monday, I heard from Wayne Bacon, the Lead hand at the twin pad arena in Slave Lake, AB. It was a day off for him -- a well-deserved day off. He and his MRC ice crew had just finished the most demanding three-and-a-half days...
We got a note from Lake Placid's Sliding Sport Operation Manager, Brian Berghorn, about their success with REALice this season. Lake Placid has already hosted two Winter Olympic Games - 1932 and 1980. The combination bobsled, skeleton and luge track on Mt. Van Hoevenberg has already...
Join our first Operator-to-Operator call of 2025 to meet several REALice Ice Meisters. They will discuss how their ice needs to run warmer, especially when the weather is cold. This Zoom call is scheduled for February 6, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time / 11:30 a.m....
Here are our top 10 reasons why every ice rink should make the switch to REALice: Makes hockey less wasteful - Watch three success stories Cuts your natural gas spending by 79% - Look at the FortisBC report Reduces electricity consumption by 10% – 12% -...
The Sustainable Projects Group is hosting an in-depth discussion of the challenges faced by ice rinks. It will offer easily implementable solutions that will not break the bank. What’s on the agenda? This webinar will explore ice rinks' challenges and the opportunities to make them more sustainable and efficient. Here are...