VANCOUVER - The Earnscliffe Recreation Centre in Brampton, has ordered a 3-D printed REALice system to treat all the resurfacing water used in their twin pad arena. The Swedish technology is expected to be installed before Dec. 16th in order to meet the Enbridge incentive...
VANCOUVER - REALice® has been installed at the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex in City of Williams Lake in 2014. Garry Breck, Facility Maintenance Coordinator, speaks about his experience with the system: "If you can afford the Real Ice system it makes a lot of sense to put it in. The only draw backs...
The George Bell Arena in Toronto, ON has purchased a REALice System, becoming the second arena in the province of Ontario to switch to REALice's cold water ice resurfacing technology....
Switching customers to new technology demands time and skill The traditional way to make ice in an indoor hockey rink is to use hot water, but a new technology makes it possible to achieve the same end at a lower cost using room-temperature water. Educating people about that breakthrough...
“We are also taxpayers, so if we can save money for the municipality, it helps us out too." --Mike Knight, Supervisor of Arenas, City of Chilliwack and Chief Engineer, Twin Rinks Arena The Twin Rinks Arena in Chilliwack, BC turned 40 this year. Run by the...
Before REALice, Mineral-rich Well Water Had Hampered the Freezing Process Can REALice help a facility overcome source water challenges? Tony Liddle, who oversees facility operations at Kerry Park Recreation Centre, believes it has helped them immensely. The indoor ice arena uses well water that is mineral...
I end up talking about brine temperature all the time. That's because with REALice, that's where the real energy savings are. When using REALice-treated water to resurface your rink, your ice plant doesn't need to work as hard taking the heat off the ice and with...
"Ice arenas are costly operations -- and it can be challenging to balance the budget," says Florian Gabriel of REALice Canada, "you need to invest to make something happen. That's exactly what our customers are doing. They're investing today to save money tomorrow." Just like Armstrong Spallumcheen Parks...
Armstrong ice system saves money Armstrong Spallumcheen Parks and Recreation has invested in a brand new REALice system. Just in time for the upcoming season, the Nor-Val Sports Centre has built its ice from scratch with unheated water. This switch will not only save the community thousands of...
One of the concepts many ice makers have a hard time seeing is the energy-saving domino effect of REALice. Eliminating the need to heat up the water brings additional -- and substantial -- energy savings, in a few different ways. Here's how: Chain Reaction At the very core of what the...