ITC's Hotel Royal Gardenia becomes the world's largest LEED Platinum rated Green Hotel
ITC's Hotel Royal Gardenia becomes the world's
largest LEED Platinum rated Green Hotel -- first
Hotel in India to achieve this recognition.
ITC's new luxury hotel in Bengaluru, the ITC Hotel Royal Gardenia was conferred the highest
rating for green buildings in the world - the LEED
India Platinum Rating. This recognition makes it
the world's largest platinum rated hotel and is
yet another manifestation of ITC's leadership in
Sustainability Practices. ITC is the only company
in the world to be carbon positive, water positive
and solid waste recycling positive.
The LEED Platinum Rating for the ITC Hotel is one
more green milestone close on the heels of the ITC
Green Centre in Gurgaon which was the world's
first largest green building. This Centre was
chosen by the US Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton to announce her vision on Indo-US
collaboration on Climate Change during her last
visit to India. After a tour of the building she
called it the "Monument to the Future". ITC's
exemplary commitment to green practices have also
enabled it's hotel in Kolkata - the ITC Hotel
Sonar to be the only hotel in the world to earn
carbon credits. In keeping with the ITC Commitment
to the "Triple Bottomline" philosophy, ITC Hotels
has aspired to be an 'exemplar' in the service
sector and truly provides leadership to positive
environmental action in a sustainable manner.
The ITC Royal Gardenia is an inclusive blend of
contemporary design and international green
practices, a beacon in a bustling urban
environment. Built on the ethos of "Responsible
Luxury" the hotel has adopted contemporary 'Green
Practices' that harness the element of nature in
an inspired setting to deliver unique guest
experiences.
According to Chief Executive, ITC Hotels Division,
Nakul Anand, "The ITC Royal Gardenia exemplifies
ITC's vision and is perhaps the perfect example of
finding common rhythm between manmade and natural
environment. The challenge was to see how luxury
and responsibility could be in harmony together.
Thus a series of sustainable measures and
practices were embraced to ensure that elements of
nature were effectively harnessed at every level
inside the luxury hotel".
The hotel has utilised innovation, cutting edge
technology and design integration to earn new
benchmarks in energy efficiency, water efficiency
and low carbon techniques, and is a model of
environmental stewardship.
The LEED-India Rating System encourages and
facilitates the development of more sustainable
buildings for innovation in design and environment
practices.
