ICERINKS — competence brand of JAHN DEVELOPMENT & CONSULTING GmbH
Architecture. Ice technology. Energy engineering. Sector coupling. Integrated engineering.
One partner. One system. From the physics of ice to the coordinated operation of cooling, heat, power, storage and building.
Vienna / Bratislava
01 / General planning
One project. One integrated planning responsibility.
ICERINKS provides general planning for ice sports facilities and coordinates all relevant disciplines within one integrated project structure. Architecture, structural design, ice technology, building services, energy systems, controls, infrastructure and operational requirements are developed as one coordinated system.
Architecture. Ice technology. Building services. Energy. Controls. One integrated planning responsibility.
Competence hierarchy
Overall planning, interface management and coordination of all specialist disciplines.
Ice technology, refrigeration, heat recovery, storage, photovoltaics and sector coupling.
Continuous coordination of all systems for stable and energy-efficient operation.
We steer the interfaces, bring the specialist disciplines together and secure one coordinated overall system.
The objective is a technically coherent, buildable and operationally efficient ice sports facility — from the first concept through planning, implementation and commissioning.
General planning brings all specialist disciplines together. Ice, energy and control competence is the technical depth ICERINKS adds to it.
02 / What we deliver
ICERINKS brings architecture, ice technology, building services and energy systems together in one general planning responsibility. All disciplines are planned as one coupled system — in design, technically, economically and over the full lifecycle.
Every project starts with the physics of ice and the quality of the building — and ends with an operating concept in which investment cost and operating cost have been designed together.
Competence fields
The ice sports facility as a building: spatial quality, facade, materiality, light and spectator experience.
Refrigeration, ice slab build-up and ice quality engineered from the physics upwards.
Energy engineering as a real discipline — generation, recovery, storage and grid interface.
Cooling, heat, power, storage, building and grid are planned as one connected system.
All trades planned in one model, one schedule and one responsibility.
03 / Modular system
Every ice sports facility places different demands on location, use, capacity and energy supply. Our modular system combines proven technical components into an individually matched overall solution.
Building, ice surface, refrigeration and heat technology, energy supply, storage, photovoltaics and controls are combined and coordinated on a project-specific basis. The result: scalable ice sports facilities that adapt functionally, technically and economically to the specific requirement.
From the training hall to the multifunctional ice sports hall.
System modules
Envelope, structure, functional layout and building physics of the hall.
Slab construction, ice quality, distribution and surface performance.
Refrigeration plant, heat recovery and heat distribution as one loop.
Electrical supply, thermal and electrical storage, load management.
On-site generation and efficiency technology integrated into the energy concept.
Coordinated control of all systems for a stable, efficient operating state.
The modular structure enables
What matters is not the individual technology, but the optimal interaction of all components.
04 / Services
We support ice sports projects from the first idea to implementation-ready planning. As general planner we coordinate architecture, structure, building services, refrigeration, heat and energy technology as well as all further required disciplines.
From the training hall to the multifunctional ice sports hall.
One technically, economically and energetically coordinated overall solution with clear responsibilities — from the first analysis to realisation.
05 / ICERINKS Clean
An ice sports facility should not be designed as an isolated energy consumer. We integrate refrigeration, heat recovery, heat pumps, photovoltaics, storage and grid interaction into one coordinated energy system.
Every ice sports facility requires a project-specific energy and engineering concept. We therefore present the principles — not standardised solutions.
Parallel, coupled energy flows — not a linear chain
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Five technical layers
Positioning
Architecture + Ice technology + Energy engineering + Sector coupling + Integrated engineering
One partner. One system. An architecturally high-quality ice sports facility as an intelligent energy hub.
High-performance architecture meets intelligent energy engineering.
06 / Integrated Control
Optimal operating conditions. Minimum energy input.
The efficiency of an ice sports facility is not created by individual components, but by their precise interaction. As general planner, ICERINKS coordinates and optimises the relevant operating parameters of refrigeration, heat recovery, heating, ventilation, photovoltaics, storage and building operation as one overall system — part of the planning and operating strategy, not a separate software product.
Coordinated systems
The objective: maintain the optimal operating condition at all times with the lowest possible energy input.
Operating conditions are continuously balanced against actual demand — ice quality, indoor climate, occupancy, ambient conditions, energy availability and plant behaviour.
Maximum operational stability. Minimum unnecessary energy consumption.
How we call it
Show the orchestration — not the algorithm. We communicate principle, system context and benefit; no setpoints, no control algorithms, no project-specific control schemes.
07 / Sector coupling
Whenever refrigeration is required, usable heat is generated at the same time. Sector coupling means that cooling, heat, power, storage, building and grid are not designed separately, but as one connected system. Recoverable heat is utilised wherever it is technically and economically meaningful.
Energy hub is a design objective, not an automatic property: how far a facility feeds heat or flexibility back into its surroundings is defined project by project and verified technically.
08 / Reference projects
Location, task, role and selected parameters — that is what makes engineering competence verifiable. Confidential project data remains confidential.
Case studies
Realised project — developed and planned by our team
Status: realised and in operation
Leithana Ice Arena — Bruck an der Leitha, Lower Austria, Austria. Developed and planned by our team. Realised and in operation — our most important realised reference.
ICERINKS scope
Development, planning, ice and refrigeration technology, energy engineering.
Plant technology, heat recovery and operation were coordinated as one system and verified in operation.
Next Generation Ice Sports Facility / concept and engineering
Status: concept and engineering — not yet realised
Two ice surfaces, architecture, sports medicine, energy integration and lifecycle thinking in one concept — our lighthouse concept for the next generation of ice sports facilities.
ICERINKS scope
Energy and overall concept, ice technology, integrated engineering.
Building, ice and energy system were developed as one design task — not as separate trades.
Interim ice sports facility
Status: in realisation / construction
Duisburg, Germany — interim ice sports facility. Scope: concept design, submission planning for the building permit. Status: in realisation / construction.
ICERINKS scope
Concept design, submission planning for the building permit.
Design and submission planning were prepared with buildability and schedule certainty in mind.
Only public or released information is shown. Confidential technical detail is not published. Detailed information is confidential and available on request.
Leithana Ice Arena — realised and in operation
Developed and planned by our team
Interim ice sports facility — in realisation / construction
Concept design, submission planning for the building permit
Next Generation ice sports facility, two ice surfaces — concept, not yet realised
Energy and overall concept, integrated engineering
Ice sports facility project — engineering support, in progress
Engineering support
Further project data and key figures are released project by project.
Planning insights
Selected examples offer an insight into the breadth of our planning work — from site development and floor plans to sections, elevations, technical details and architectural studies. They demonstrate how spatial, technical and operational requirements are brought together in one coordinated overall plan.
The illustrations are selected excerpts. Project-specific details and technical information remain confidential and are available on request.
09 / Technology & delivery partners
ICERINKS integrates the systems and coordinates the overall planning. Specialised partners contribute proven technology within a clearly defined competence structure.
Technology partner
H&H Technology CZ
Technology partner — ice and refrigeration technology.
AS Project s.r.o.
Project partner.
Competence groups
Partner names and logos are published only once released. Integration and overall planning responsibility remain with ICERINKS.
10 / From idea to operation
Site, programme, capacity, investment.
Architecture, ice, energy.
Integrated technical planning.
Tendering, specification, award support.
Execution, coordination, commissioning.
Monitoring, energy and operational optimisation.
Who we work for
For public clients we address what matters: feasibility, cost, schedule, permitting, energy demand and lifecycle cost.
11 / Why ICERINKS
Better ice. Less energy. Lower lifecycle cost.
Ice, energy and building services are coordinated in one engineering responsibility — interfaces do not become risk.
From ice slab build-up and refrigerant choice to grid interface — decisions are made on engineering grounds.
Investment and operation are optimised jointly, not sequentially.
Backed by the Jahn Group: development, general planning, engineering and project management.
12 / ICERINKS LAB
Research. Technology. Energy. Ice.
A cooperation programme for universities, technical colleges and industry partners.
ICERINKS LAB is our research and development platform — an open working structure for pilot projects, demonstrators and applied development around ice technology and energy systems.
Cooperation topics
Cooperations are named once they are formally agreed. Internal methods stay internal.
Research and pilot partnerships welcome.
Contact the Lab↗13 / Financing
Grid2Ice — One Partner. One Responsibility. From Vision to Operation.
Grid2Ice can accompany municipalities as a single point of contact — from the initial project idea through to the ongoing operation of the facility. The concrete scope is defined individually per project.
Where a municipality or city provides a guarantee, letter of support or comparable security, financing for the overall project can be structured and organised together with financing partners. Depending on the project this can reduce initial public investment and speed up implementation. This is a possible structuring model, not a financing commitment.
Our scope of services
The municipality receives a single point of contact over the entire project lifecycle and benefits from predictable costs, high implementation certainty and minimised interface risks.
With a municipal guarantee, projects can be structured as an integrated overall model — from development through financing to long-term operation, subject to individual review.
Our approach
You provide the long-term security — we coordinate development, financing structuring, construction and operation with the appropriate partners.
This can enable larger infrastructure projects such as low-emission ice sports facilities, energy centres or sector-coupled sports venues to be implemented with a reduced equity contribution from the municipality.
Grid2Ice — One Partner. One Responsibility. From Vision to Operation.
Non-binding information. Roles, contracting parties, financing partners, approvals and legal prerequisites are assessed individually for each project. No financing commitment, no banking or investment advice.
14 / Jahn Group
ICERINKS — the specialised ice, energy and facility engineering competence of the Jahn Group.
The Jahn Group stands for development, general planning, engineering, project management and international project experience. Within the group, ICERINKS is the specialised competence brand for ice sports facilities, ice technology and energy engineering.
Competence brand of the Jahn Group
15 / Contact
ICERINKS — competence brand of JAHN DEVELOPMENT & CONSULTING GmbH
Vienna — Bratislava
For planning-intensive projects a direct contact is more useful than a form. Write or call — you will speak to an engineer.
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