Category: Energy Efficiency
What Will the Ice Rink of the Future Look Like?
The ice rink of the future will have warmer ice, cleaner air and lower energy costs — and many of these suggestions are available now.
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EASILY Convert Your Ice Resurfacing Machine to Electric
Scratch below the logging truck wrap and you’ll find a clever orchestra of innovations, grant applications, marketing concepts and community spirit that came together to save money, lower greenhouse gas emissions — and stop wasting waste heat at the arena in Port McNeill, BC.
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Benchmarking: How’s Your Arena Doing?
Use this ratio to easily benchmark your ice arena to compare it to itself. The Quinton Equation can even help get buy-in for future upgrades.
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Fast, Hard, Beautiful and Much, Much Warmer Ice
The C.H. Foote Memorial Arena in Fraser Lake, BC – photo courtesy of Zion Cruz ...
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ECHL’s 2020-21 Best Ice on Ice made with REALice Water Treatment Technology
The Rapid City Rush won the 2020-21 Best Ice Award — on ice made with the REALice floodwater treatment system.
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The Ice is Going In and other Stories…
Building Ice, the AARFP’s REALice webinar, and Energy Star in both Canada and the USA.
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Being Green Pays Off for Leduc Recreation Centre
Having a green facility can enhance its attraction for sporting events and tournament organizers. Here’s how the City of Leduc, Alberta, makes energy efficiency and recreation tourism work hand in hand.
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A Better Way to Build Hockey Arenas
Clean, bright, maintenance-free — and a lightning-quick build that costs a whole lot less. Why you should look at Sprung’s brick-and-mortar alternatives for your next recreation project.
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Lunching — and learning about energy- and resource-efficiencies for indoor ice arenas and municipalities
By Colleen O’Shea, President, Greener Arena Solutions Inc. Lotte Schlegel, the Executive...
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#2020Vision on Ice Arenas
A new year means new initiatives, and that includes me! On January 29th, I’ll be hosting the...
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Flushing Ice Paint out of Your Arena Forever
“It was an environmental mess.” One of the many things the new Public Works Manager...
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Energy Efficiencies in Your Arena: Where to Start
Insulation. LED lights. Low-e ceiling. Variable frequency drives. An energy management system....
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