Town of Falher were successful applicants of the Recreation Energy Conservation Funding Program through Municipal Climate Change Action Centre (MCCAC). The grant funding (totalling $25,227) allowed the Falher Regional Recreation Complex to install a deaerator designed by REALIce on the facility’s ice making system to help...
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....
The City of Guelph in Southern Ontario is pleased to announce it has now converted all of their indoor recreational ice arenas to the REALice floodwater treatment system to resurface their ice rinks. This change is expected to save the City over a quarter of a million-kilowatt hours of electricity, over 36,000 m3 of...
As part of an ongoing effort to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the Town of Banff has installed a REALice water treatment system for ice resurfacing in the Fenlands Banff Recreation Centre. The project, partly funded by the Recreation Energy Conservation program...
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...
Watch Cam Coulter, Operations Coordinator at the Mayfield Recreation Complex in Caledon, ON sharing his experience 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 Cam The Mayfield Recreation Complex...
Watch Michael Knight, Supervisor of Arenas for the Sardis Sports Complex in Chilliwack, BC sharing his experience with REALice. This interview is from the Mayors' Megawatt Challenge webinar called "Treated cold floodwater: debunking the myths". Click here to watch the replay of the interview with Michael...