Patent ID: 7231775

Claim:
A recreational facility comprising: refrigeration apparatus; said refrigeration apparatus being operable to reject heat; a refrigeration load connected to the refrigeration apparatus for cooling thereby, said refrigeration load including a recreational ice pad; said refrigeration apparatus being operable to cool said recreational ice pad; a heating load connected to receive heat rejected from the refrigeration apparatus; said ice pad imposing a first cooling load on said refrigeration apparatus to maintain an ice sheet thereon; a load management control system operable in a first condition to maintain the ice pad and, in said first condition, said refrigeration apparatus being operable to reject heat at a first rate of heat transfer to said heating load; said heating load having a heating demand requiring a second rate of heat transfer to said heating load; and when said second rate of heat transfer is greater than said first rate of heat transfer, said refrigeration apparatus being deliberately operable to reject heat to said heating load at a heat transfer rate greater than said first rate of heat transfer.