The City of Airdrie announced the installation of a higher-efficiency ice system (REALice) at Ron Ebbesen Twin Arenas. A release from the City stated this allows the ice to be flooded with cold water instead of hot for increased energy savings and improved ice quality. “This upgrade...
Uxbridge saves money and reduces C02 emissions with a new way of flooding ice rinks The Township of Uxbridge was able to reduce its annual CO2 emissions substantially just by making one small change. The town stopped its reliance on hot water to maintain its two ice...
“We reduced the Town’s annual CO2 emissions by 29 tonnes just by implementing this one small measure. It also impacted our energy spend by $24,000 less this season compared to the season before, with a payback of less than two years.” Kristi Honey, CAO Township...
Servus Credit Union Place in St. Albert, AB is a true multipurpose community facility with a large variety of leisure and fitness spaces. It In January, the last of three indoor ice rinks within the 320,000 sq. ft facility was converted to the REALice floodwater treatment system. By...
The Bonnyville and District Centre has a new and greener way of making ice that utilizes new technology allowing for cold water to be used in creating hard ice surfaces at the facility’s arenas. “Instead of filling our Zambonis with extremely hot 71-degree Celsius water, the...
The Lakeside Leader just published this story about REALice by Joe McWilliams: A new system of ice-making in Slave Lake’s Multi Rec Centre (MRC) looks as if it will deliver the lower costs that it promised. But if what we’re hearing is accurate, it’s much more than that. “People...
My Lloydminster Now reports on REALice: The City says a new ice-making system at the Russ Robertson Arena will cut the bills and reduce the environmental footprint. The Russ Robertson rink now has a REALice floodwater system which the City says has annual savings of $3,600...
What’s the “better bang for the buck” - an HVAC retrofit or REALice? The answer might surprise you. The energy lead had a couple of options but found that going to REALice was the hands-down choice. More in the Pincher Creek Echo. Read it here...
Here is a great article published today by the Toronto Star written about the REALice floodwater technology. The town council in Pincher Creek, Alberta, passed a motion to sign an offer letter for grant funding for a REALice system to lower greenhouse gas emissions at Pincher Creek MCC Arena. “If...
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 resurface the ice rink to reduce cost, and will be running cold through...