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...
From silver foxes to young operators, see what people are thinking about the REALice difference: ice quality, and savings - in under 2 minutes. Great ice and savings! REALice is technology for a sustainable future REALice is 3-D printed, maintenance-free, and uses pressure to treat the water....
Our partner in Ontario, Elexicon Group, is hosting a Skate, Lunch, and Learn at the Uxbridge Arena on October 25 from 11:30 am - 1 pm. The Uxbridge Arena implemented the REALice system at the beginning of this season and Elexicon is excited to show 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...
Wayne's official title, this time around, is Lead Hand. He's been doing the ice in Slave Lake, AB for 35 years, -- and the past two weeks of those have been with REALice-treated water. He'd retired (held the title of 'Supervisor") two years back and was asked to come...