The Spa Resort Project in Kamchatka Receives Green Building Certification

The year-round health resort project "Sopka Goryachaya," being developed in Kamchatka, has successfully passed an assessment for compliance with the national green building standard Green Zoom and has received a gold-level certification. This was reported by the corporation "Tourism.RF" on its website.

"Green Zoom is a recognized Russian equivalent of international certification standards LEED and BREEAM. The national certification system assesses capital construction projects based on 63 criteria, including energy efficiency, innovation, and environmental conservation," the statement said.

The "Sopka Goryachaya" project envisions the creation of a year-round spa resort with nearly 1,500 hotel rooms, a congress hall, a large park, a museum, an open geothermal lagoon, and thermal water pools.

"The main engineering innovation of the project lies in the use of renewable energy sources. Hot water supply and heating for all buildings, as well as the heating of pedestrian walkways and promenades during the winter, will be provided by hot water from Kamchatka's geothermal resources," the corporation emphasized.

Additionally, all technical communications of the resort will be located underground, making the space more aesthetically pleasing.

"Natural materials and principles of biophilic design, which blur the lines between the anthropogenic and natural environments, are used in the facade finish and landscaping," the statement said.

The resort project is being implemented with the support of "Tourism.RF" as part of the national project "Tourism and Hospitality Industry" in partnership with the company "Interros."

"Sopka Goryachaya" is the central component of a large investment project aimed at creating the tourism cluster "Park 'Three Volcanoes'" in Kamchatka.

As noted by the corporation, this cluster will "provide comfortable and safe access to the stunning beauty of Kamchatka, the Mutnovsky, Viluchinsky, and Gorely volcanoes, picturesque sea bays, thermal springs and waterfalls, numerous nature tourism routes, and magnificent ski slopes."