Founded in 1797, Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, MA, is one of the nation’s oldest prep schools. The initial ice3 Cubes were installed in 2010 to replace the aging ammonia plant. When it was time to build their brand new rink, the management specified Emerald Environmental Technologies’ ice3 Cube System to be installed in their brand new building.
In 2015, a lead donor donated a substantial amount of money earmarked for a new field house and rink, and Deerfield Academy decided it was time to upgrade to an Athletic Complex. The vision took shape for a $52 million multi-storied athletic facility; the ice arena would be housed on the main level. ”The Barn” (as it was affectionately known) was transformed into a dual-purpose facility run with dual-purpose ice3 Cubes — refrigerating for ice hockey in the wintertime and providing air conditioning for off-ice summer sports from spring to late fall.
Stevens Engineers of Hudson, WI was engaged as the Ice Rink Engineer on the project, Skanska USA is the General Contractor, and the project’s architect is Sasaki Associates. Deerfield is extremely happy with the performance of the ice3 Cube system they had in place and wanted to build on that existing system and make enhancements to it. Stevens and Emerald Environmental Technologies complied.
Emerald Environmental Technologies’ ten ice3 System, was completed and started up on time and as expected.
We specialize in highly efficient refrigeration plant replacements with total heat and geothermal reclamation, an asset waiting to be harnessed.