Keeping a Handle on the Chill Factor
Making and maintaining perfect ice conditions at the Winter Games is as much an art as it is a science:
- Figure skaters prefer softer ice, so they can dig in with their toe picks for jumps
- Ice hockey players want hard ice for faster skating
- In curling, water droplets ("pebbles") sprayed onto the ice surface help the stone to "curl"
Adding STYROFOAM™ Brand SM Insulation or STYROFOAM™ Brand HIGHLOAD Insulation (40, 60 or 100) below the ice at the Richmond Olympic Oval, the Vancouver Olympic & Paralympic Centre, the Killarney Ice Rink and the UBC Thunderbird Arena:
- Reduces energy costs and refrigeration requirements
- Reduces ice-making and deicing time, by maintaining more consistent temperatures
- Reduces frost penetration into subsoil and potential for heaving of the slab
Learn more about how Dow is helping ensure peak energy efficiency at the Games and beyond.