Ice Academy
Ice Academy
Everything that goes into getting and keeping great ice: thickness, temperature, humidity, maintenance and what each one costs you in energy. Written for arena operators, whether or not you run REALice.
The four settings that decide your ice
30–35 mm is enough. Every extra millimetre is 1,800 litres of water to keep frozen all season.
Read more →The setting with the biggest effect on energy use, and the one most rinks are afraid to touch.
Read more →Above 50–55% you're making ice twice: once in the plant, once out of the air.
Read more →Conditions vary by building. Maintaining ice in an event arena isn't the same as in an ice barn.
Read more →Ice quality is affected by many parameters. Start by not exposing it to large temperature swings.
Read more →Where the power actually goes in a rink, and which parts of it you control.
Read more →Cutting costs and emissions
Our pick of the top twenty maintenance measures that lower costs and improve ice at the same time.
Read more →Five strategies on the path to net zero, and what each one does to your gas bill.
Read more →For rinks already running conditioned water: the habits that get the most out of it.
Read more →An hour online, on a phone or a computer. Over 100 Canadian operators have taken it. Included with every REALice system, for your whole crew and the people who replace them.
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