Natural Gas Savings

We were pleased with the installation of our ice using our REALice system and look forward to the energy efficiency savings for years to come.

Mayor Gordon Reynolds, Town of Bow Island

We couldn’t be more excited about this new technology. With the facility shut down earlier this year, it was a no-brainer to utilize this time to install these devices that will help us save operating dollars after the first year of use. It only made sense to us, and it aligns with our Environmental Sustainability Plan.

Mayor Bob Young, City of Leduc, AB

We were surprised by the results. The electricity savings exceeded what we estimated and we completely eliminated the use of gas to heat the resurfacing water. This definitely made the case for us to expand the usage of REALice to our other facilities.

Cristina Guido, Acting Manager, Energy & Environment for the Town of Caledon

REALice has allowed us to reduce costs and energy consumption while enabling us to improve our ice clarity. Our unique environment necessitated a unique approach, and REALice provided a change in philosophy. REALice has allowed us to reduce our water temperature, decreasing our flood-to-freeze time without sacrificing our ice quality.”

Michael Pisocki, Manager of Ice Operations at Barclays Center & Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New York City

Thank you Sustainable Peterborough for the Energy Award for our REALiceCanada project at the Ennismore Community Centre! We can’t wait to put another system in in Lakefield!

Township of Selywn - http://www.selwyntownship.ca

While we normally prefer to see a full year of data first, to account for temperature changes and operational variables, we have seen results that align with estimated savings by REALice. The last three months of data show that we are on track for an annual savings of 90,000 kWh and that we are currently exceeding the anticipated natural gas savings of 900GJ per year. This translates into $18,000 in annual savings and a 2-year payback.

Mark Boysen, Sustainability Manager, Saanich BC

REALice works and making great ice comes from good ice maintenance. There’s nothing else out there that we could put in so easily and save the money we’re saving.

Fred Kilner, Fuller Lake Arena, Chemainus, BC.

Our staff and users are completely satisfied with the switch, in fact if we hadn’t told users about it they wouldn’t even have noticed the change. On top of that, we are already seeing reductions in our gas and electricity usage.

Tony Liddle, Operations Manager, Kerry Park Rec Centre, Mill Bay

We have been using REALice for 5 years. The quality of the ice has been tremendous. The ice set point was raised from 19 degrees to 22/23 degrees. Our compressors dropped from running a total of 22-24 hours down to 11-13 hours a day. The best part was that our ice greatly improved. We estimate that we are saving about $12,000 to $15,000 per year on our ice package.

Steven Wolf, Spartan Arena, Castleton VT