Installing Low Emissivity ceiling systems in your arena provides a wide range of advantages beyond reducing refrigeration costs by 15 to 20%. It can also reduce or eliminate condensation problems, improve lighting, provide better acoustics and improve overall aesthetics and ice conditions.

Emissivity is the ability of a material to radiate heat from it's surface.  Most roof and ceiling materials have high emissivity ratings of about 0.9, this means they radiates about 90% of the heat from their surfaces. Since radiant heat migrates from a warm surface to a cold surface, the heat in ice rinks radiates from the ceiling to the ice surface. Lowering the emissivity of your arena ceiling can have a large impact on the load of the ice plant and reduce enegy costs.

Contact Maple Leaf Gold Inc. for more details on what a Low Emissivity ceiling can do.