Harvesting Floodwater from the Snow Melt Pit
Is water in short supply where your ice arena is located? Or are you looking ways to reduce your arena’s waste as much as possible — including the amount of water going down the drain? If so, you might want to consider harvesting — and re-using — the resurfacing water from the snow melt pit.
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Tracking More Than Just Run Time Hours
Tracking is an important way to see how improvements you’ve made are making a difference at your indoor ice arena. Tracking run time hours on your compressors is just part of the story…
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Four Hours of Ice Maintenance — a Month???
To be honest with you, I was shocked when Les Quinton, the Parks & Recreation Manager at the...
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Bright Ideas: Controlling Light Switches is Key
If you’re building a new indoor ice arena, it’s relatively easy to build energy...
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The Game Changers of Ice Making
A few weeks ago, I had a chat with an operations manager who told me there are three products on...
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Making Your Arena NHL Ready
If your arena regularly hosts an NHL prospect tournament or training camp, it needs to be up to...
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Say Goodbye to Ice Paint
These re-usable liners aren’t just super easy installs: they are time savers, environment savers and don’t require ice paint and stencils. Are you ready to say goodbye to ice paint?
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Challenges to Encourage Use of Your Walking Track
Do you have a walking track at your arena? Walking challenges are a great way to inspire your community to walk more, be healthier and achieve goals while having fun.
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An Easy LED Alternative to a Metal Halide Retrofit
If a metal halide retrofit is still on your “to-do” list, you might consider this fast and easy, one-for-one LED bulb replacement solution from Philips.
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Blanket Your Ice with Energy Savings
Does your ice surface have long blocks of idle time? You might want to consider a foil blanket like the Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, WA did, to reduce energy costs and run time.
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Running in Circles for 22 Years
Are you in the market for a used ice resurfacer? You might want to consider this 22-year-old Olympia who’s worked out of the Dominion Arena for the past 22 years. 5,936 hours and is still looking good…
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This De-Icer Eliminates Repetitive Motion Injuries from Scraping the Ice
The de-icer takes the place of scraping the ice by hand to remove the ice from the boards, reducing injury due to repetitive motions. It’s an invention by the City of Shawinigan, Quebec for its arena workers, but other municipalities wanted it too… Here’s how La Touche Finale was born.
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