An industrial reality and an accommodation facility can coexist and mutually enhance each other, and Rigeneriamoci is the project that demonstrates this in concrete terms.
The initiative that Como Acqua Srl, the sole management company of the Integrated Water Service in the Province of Como, and Rural Resort Il Corazziere are about to implement in the Merone area aims to achieve these goals by making the two entities protagonists of an innovative green initiative that makes sustainability its distinguishing feature.
An environmentally friendly project that looks to the future, through which the energy from the treatment plant will serve to (re)generate a tourism boost.
The tourist/accommodation complex of Rural Resort Il Corazziere and the urban wastewater treatment plant of Merone managed by Como Acqua are “neighbors”: the two entities, so different in purpose and appearance, actually border each other. A proximity that might seem difficult, but which the interested parties have managed in an innovative way, so much so that they have integrated with each other and work together to finalize their respective activities.
Rural Resort Il Corazziere has always stood out for being a nature- and recycling-friendly property, rooted in a green and eco-sustainable philosophy and, above all, characterized by energy self-sufficiency, achieved through the redevelopment of an old watermill and innovative investments. Among the future objectives that the property intends to achieve is the creation of a beauty farm in its garden equipped with hot water. The novelty lies precisely in the way this water will be heated, namely by harnessing the thermal energy produced by biogas from the urban wastewater treatment plant in Merone. It is an ambitious initiative that embraces the themes of renewable energy and qualifies as highly respectful of the environment and nature.
“This is a unique project in which we are involved with Rural Resort Il Corazziere– states the President and CEO of Como Acqua, Eng. Enrico Pezzoli The water activities carried out at our purification plant, adjacent to the accommodation facility, will be designed to generate energy from renewable sources. This energy will be used to provide heat to the wellness center, in line with sustainability and environmental protection, principles that characterize our Company's actions. A collaboration that allows Como Acqua to promote its modus operandi and the peculiarities that characterize its choices and actions, making a service available and contributing to making the coexistence of the two entities located in neighboring areas profitable. I thank Andrea Camesasca for involving us in this project, which reflects the attention that Como Acqua pays to highly topical issues such as pollution, the scarcity of raw materials, and the desire to safeguard the ecosystem, while enhancing the area where the Company operates.
“Rural Resort Il Corazziere coexists and interacts with the natural environment that surrounds it, the Valle Lambro Park – emphasizes Andrea Camesasca, owner of the Merone facility –. This project, which minimizes the emission of pollutants, helps make the area attractive by creating a new tourism model: regenerative tourism. This is a type of tourism that is part of an innovative and sustainable system which not only benefits those who will use the service offered, but at the same time helps regenerate the natural environment in which the structure will be integrated. The initiative we will undertake, thanks to the collaboration with Como Acqua, is part of a broader project we are developing in the adjacent area so that the concept of tourism that generates well-being for the body and mind can find the fullest and most concrete realization, exploiting the potential of a valuable territory that we have the duty to promote and rediscover.