Holy Toledo ;) We just got word from Energy Save Ohio that as of June 15, 2017, incentives for custom programs like REALice have just DOUBLED!!! These "bonus incentives" are available for customers of Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company and Toledo Edison. But hurry! They're available for a limited time...
"We know that ice is your bread and butter," says REALice consultant, Susie Miller. "We want you to continue making great ice -- just without the need for extremely hot water. REALice lets you do exactly that." Turning the water temps down With the REALice system, you...
The way Larry Woodley tells it, when he gets phone calls from other arena managers asking about the REALice installation at his arena, he tells them about the lower energy use and how he's running his set point higher than ever before. But Woodley, the...
Some refer to it as if it were a precious gem, like "The Black Pearl" or the "Black Diamond". Others, yet, call it "The Turbocharger" because of the benefits it delivers. No matter what they call it, our ice makers have one thing in common: they...
April 24, 2017 - The Massachusetts Technology Assessment Committee (MTAC) has given notice that it will be referring REALice's ice rink vortex water treatment technology to its Program Administrators for potential inclusion in energy efficiency programs operating in that state. In making the announcement, Robert Laurence, the...
David Manfredi and Steven Wolf are extremely proud of their ice at Castleton University'sSpartan Arena, but it hasn't always been like this. Well water, with an unusually high amount of calc, gave them ice they described as "gritty and slow". Four seasons ago, when considering their options...
Higher salaries. Additional personnel. New equipment. These are just three examples of what REALice customers are doing with their energy savings by no longer using hot water to resurface their ice. Imagine what you could do if your ice arena was able to cut its natural gas and electricity bills...
"REALice? It's a no-brainer if you want to save money and have great ice." - Larry Bruyere, Ice in Paradise February 23, 2017 - REALice has been installed at Ice in Paradise in Goleta, CA ever since the twin-pad opened 16 months ago. Larry Bruyere is the...
Mystique Community Ice Center's General Manager says switching to REALice's cold water resurfacing technology is giving his facility "tremendous savings" The 3,079-seat Mystique Community Ice Center in Dubuque, Iowa opened in 2010. General Manager Ron Breitbach started working there a few months after the $7.2 million facility opened. This past summer,...
For immediate release - Tom Smolarek, President of Cypress Ltd., a US-based energy advisory firm headquartered in California, is pleased to announce that Preferred Mechanical Services, a Massachusetts-based merit shop HVAC contractor/service firm has purchased a REALice System for an arena retrofit it has been contracted...