The Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS) will be relocating to Smart City after the Planning board green lit planning permission to develop a new hospitality campus for local and foreign students. 

The campus will not only feature classrooms, offices, a library, a cafeteria and an auditorium. It is set to include an indoor pool with spa, wine cellar, three restaurants with related kitchens, food sciences labs, a bakery, student rooms and 5 incubation centres. 

Childcare centres and a basket ball court will also all be included on this new campus. Filed back in 2016, the application was recommended for approval and green lit this Thursday in a board meeting. 

Set to be built on a site southwest of Smart City, it occupies an area of 9,150 square meters and will be applicable through a ring road whose planning application is also pending. 

The architect also highlighted that ITS wants to ensure that the building will reach near zero carbon footprint to match with the EU directives. 

All rainwater will be collected into an underground water reservoir which will have a capacity of 60% of the roof area and used for irrigation purposes. Waste generated will also be stored in a dedicated underground area and divided into different disposal collection categories. 

Apart from this, a 200kWp polycrystalline photovoltaic system will be installed and will generate 320,000kWh of electricity. This will provide for the 4.57% of the annual electrical consumption needed. 

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