Happy New Year! While we usually keep our success stories to Canadian ice arenas, we thought we will start off 2021 with a report from Switzerland. After all, the ice for the famous Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland has been built with REALice for years now and Swiss people are...
December 15, 2020 - The Town of Allan is the first community in Saskatchewan to use REALice at its arena, the Logan Schatz Memorial Arena. The installation, using pressure instead of temperature to treat the floodwater, is unique for a couple of reasons. First, Allan's REALice system is a rental....
Congratulations to the District of Summerland for its efforts to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in municipal operations. Specific actions taken by the District include completing detailed energy audits on all 12 major municipal buildings (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers -Level 2),...
Earlier this year, the City of Powell River, BC was nominated and won a 2020 Climate Action Energy Award from Community Energy Association. One of the actions that contributed to the award was putting the REALice floodwater system into their arena, letting them use cold water...
So far this year, 27 arenas have made the switch to REALice in Canada. REALice is so much more than reducing an arena’s energy costs and CO2 emissions. It’s extending the life of the refrigeration equipment too, with a maintenance-free system that’s an easy install...
See what others are saying about the REALice difference: ice quality, run time, and savings - in just 90-seconds. 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. It acts like hot water...
The City of Leduc released a press release yesterday highlighting their switch to REALice and away from using extremely hot water for resurfacing for the Leduc Recreation Centre (LRC). The City of Leduc will be running cold this upcoming season saying good-bye to its reliance on...
Watch the replay of the roundtable discussion from the Mayors' Megawatt Challenge Webinar on REALice. 6 Operators, among them Tyler Seitz, Sr. Manager Ice & Building Operations, WinSport, Calgary and Michael Pisocki, Operations Manager Barclays Center/Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, NYC and Michael Knight Supervisor Arenas Sardis Sports Complex City of Chilliwack, answer some specific questions and share their experience...
As part of their COVID19 response to help municipalities save cost on their operations and recognizing that REALice is a reliable solution with proven results, FortisBC had increased the point of sale rebate offer for REALice from $20,000 to $27,000. This covers more than 75% of...
Watch Larry Bruyere, General Manager Ice in Paradise in Goleta, California, share his success story with REALice. This interview was recorded during the Mayor's Megawatt Challenge webinar on "Treated cold floodwater: debunking the myths". Watch the replay of the interview with Larry Larry's arena features an NHL sheet and a studio...