In hockey, everyone has a nickname -- so we think it's rather cool that some arena operations folks have come up with nicknames for their REALice wall unit, like the one you see pictured above. We've heard it called "The Black Pearl" and the "Black...
With ice arenas closed and many year-round facilities have taken their ice out. It's time to think about the future. Planning now for the next season means your arena will be ready to make your ice with REALice-treated water once it’s time to put the ice back in. The...
March 16, 2020 - The message for Canadian communities is clear. Municipalities must reduce the carbon impact they have on the environment. REALice's floodwater treatment technology will make an impact on the carbon emissions of ALL community-owned indoor ice arenas. Your arena's CO2 emissions will be continuously...
From the Mayor's Megawatt Challenge Forum to installation to a Measurement and Verification study - how REALice is reducing the Town of Caledon's electric, natural gas and CO2 emissions at the Mayfield Recreation Complex....
Every once in a while our customers tell us how REALice saved the day, helping them through a really tough situation. Here are two examples from the US you might be able to relate to: a power outage and a compressor failure. Here’s why the denser ice...
January 6th 2020 – Happy New Year! We would like to thank all our existing and future customers for their support. We now mark 72 REALice systems from Coast to Coast. With this new year starting, here are our top five highlights we look forward to in 2020: 1.) More repeat customers: 14 municipalities are...
December 3rd, 2019 – Saanich News reports on the District of Saanich's purchase of a second REALice system for Pearkes Arena's Green rink. The District was able to benefit from the FortisBC rebate which offered a refund of $20,000 for the system. The rebate applies to indoor rinks that...
November 12th, 2019 – With the purchase of a second REALice system for the Green rink at the G.R. Pearkes Arena, the era of flooding ice rinks with hot water is coming to an end in Saanich, BC. In 2016, the District of Saanich installed their first REALice system at Pearkes' Gold rink. It...
Vancouver, November 6th, 2019 - The District of Sparwood installed a REALice system this summer to turn off the hot water for all of their ice resurfacing. “We are very excited to have the REALice system in our arena,” says Duane Lawrence, Director of Community &...
October 26, 2019 – The Vadnais Sports Center in Vadnais Heights, MN installed a REALice system for their indoor twin ice arena more than two years ago. Electric and natural gas utility Xcel Energy offered a rebate to Ramsey County to install the energy-saving water treatment system that amounted...