The City of Nanaimo was looking for opportunities to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. This summer, REALice was installed in the Nanaimo Ice Centre and now maintenance workers resurface their 2 NHL-sized ice sheets with cold water. When Scott Pamminger (Manager, Infrastructure Planning and Energy...
Enbridge created an Energy Leaders initiative incentive program to promote early adoption of emerging technologies among commercial and industrial natural gas customers. The George Bell arena, in Toronto ON participated in the program and qualified for a rebate to cover 50% of the cost of...
In 2014, FortisBC ran a large scale pilot project that introduced REALice technology in 10 ice arenas across BC. According to FortisBC, together, the 10 participating ice arenas reduced their energy consumption by 2,900 gigajoules per year! That’s like taking 714 cars off the road annually. Click...
May 1, 2017 - Trico Centre for Family Wellness (Calgary, AB), a busy year-round multi-use recreation facility with twin NHL-sized ice rinks, has purchased and installed a REALice system to resurface their ice with unheated water. This community-owned non-profit takes pride in operating their facility...
Oak Bay Rec Centre is located just outside Victoria, British Columbia. It has a multi-user arena facility that is open all year round and the ice is resurfaced on average 8 times per day. The Oak Bay Rec Centre operations team has committed to a strategic energy management program...
Arena technical and maintenance supervisor Barry Richards tells how REALice works with the existing reclaim heat at the Pearkes Arena in Saanich, BC....
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...
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...