Two thousand seventeen marks the 45th anniversary of the Ennismore Community Centre. In September, they hit a new milestone by introducing a REALice water treatment system for their resurfacing water so they no longer need to use hot water to make great ice. Scott Warren,...
"Moisture is in the air" The humidity in a rink is always changing. The outside weather conditions, the number of spectators and players, open doors, gates and garage doors are all contributors to humidity, as are longer seasons with the ice staying in all year round. Of course, using...
One of the things we see is that most facilities, although they’re increased their temps, aren’t running their ice warm enough yet. Checking to see if there are ridges between the resurfacer lanes is one of the best indicators of whether your ice is freezing too...
Changing the frozen perception that hot water is needed to make fantastic ice, is our mission. Today we are thrilled to announce that 60 sheets of ice in Canada are now made using unheated water, thanks to the REALice Technology! Canada's ice arenas have one of the biggest...
Arenas are one of the highest energy consuming facilities in Canada. Overhead heating, lights, refrigeration, and heating water have historically drawn a lot of energy in arenas. Arena Operators and Maintenance Workers, Energy Mangers, and community groups are working with green technology, like REALice, and...
We get a great deal of amazing customer feedback, but this YouTube video from the City of Nanaimo was quite the nice surprise. And just take a look at their ice!!!...
SWiCH Services Inc., the distributor of REALice in Canada, has been advised by the City of Mississauga that it has won its bid to outfit the Iceland Mississauga with a cold water treatment system for ice resurfacing....
This summer, REALice was installed in the Nanaimo Ice Centre and now maintenance workers resurface their 2 NHL-sized ice sheets with cold water. Speaking about the impact the REALice system has for the City of Nanaimo, Scott Pamminger (Manager, Infrastructure Planning and Energy with the City...
"The end result is a thinner, yet harder surface, which leads to faster play on a clearer sheet of ice." - Fort Saskatchewan Record Last week, Zach Mueller of the Fort Saskatchewan Record published a story about the REALice installation in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. The article touches...
Fort Saskatchewan August 2017 - The Dow Centennial Centre made the move away from hot water flooding to the REALice technology, which allows them to use unheated water straight out the tap! Arena technicians are concerned with energy usage, operating costs, and indoor climate in their facilities. Additional concerns for...