Fairfax Ice Arena

Fairfax Ice Arena inside

NHL-size ice surface
Brine pump horsepower reduced to 1/3 through the use of pony pumps
Oversized chiller installed with electronic expansion valves
Oversized condenser installed with VFD drive system
Snow melt pit / refrigerant sub-cooling system
Under-floor heat /refrigerant sub-cooling system
Energy recovery from compressor heads and oil cooler
Energy recovery for building heating system
Replaced two 12-cylinder VILTER compressors with two 6-cylinder Mycom compressors
VFD drives installed on both compressors
Arena-Logic computer control system installed
New arena floor installed with a tolerance of ½”
Energy consumption reduced by half
Average refrigeration plant energy consumption is now 750 kilowatts per day