We usually talk about Canadian success stories with reduced energy savings, lower run-time hours, and humidity levels with REALice. But once in a while, we like to feature some news from our US counterparts as well. We don’t like to brag much about the better ice...
It’s common sense that if you’re not heating the floodwater, you’ll save on water heating costs. But did you know that REALice will make a big impact on your electricity spend? Case Study: Uxbridge Arena The Uxbridge Arena is a seasonal twin pad in Ontario. They heat...
"It's unbelievable," writes Tim Morrison, a facility operator at the Uxbridge Arena & Recreation Centre in Uxbridge, ON. I'd just asked him what he thinks about the ice. "Would you believe if I said this was after a Junior hockey game?" That's what Tim texted when...
Join us for a free webinar on making great ice during the summer months on Thursday, June 29th at 2:30 pm EST. We have invited various ice techs sharing their experience and best practices making fantastic ice, even in the midst of summer. Confirmed speakers are: Scott...
You hear the words "cold water flood" and you might be nervous too. You know how bad cold water flooding is for your ice. All that trapped air. All that resulting snow from fragile ice. What a headache! You've been there, done that, and you don't want...
It was great to see so many of our happy REALice users and some new ones too who are stoked to put their hot floodwater habits out to pasture last week at the AARFP | Alberta Association of Recreation Facility Personnel and tradeshow in Red Deer, Alberta, and RFABC...
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 Town of Drumheller has shut off its reliance on hot water to maintain its NHL-sized ice surface at the Drumheller Memorial Arena. Instead of hot water floods, a mechanical rink de-aerator has been installed, which is letting the operations team flood the ice with...
Did you know that resurfacing is the third-highest energy spent in an indoor ice rink? It is, trailing refrigeration and HVAC. That energy spent also accounts for greenhouse gas emissions, so making a change in the flooding habits will have more benefits than just energy costs. The FCM’s...
After our stop at the Ayr Farmers Mutual Insurance Company Arena in North Dumfries, we decided to turn this visit into a different type of Operator to Operator call. Instead of interviewing Ryan, the operator on duty, we followed him while he was doing his flood with REALice-treated...