KOLKATA, INDIA—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 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 for ITC. It is close on the heels of the ITC Green Centre in Gurgaon—one of the world’s largest green buildings. This Centre was chosen by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the venue to announce her vision on Indo-U.S. collaboration on climate change during her last visit to India. After a tour of the building she called it a “Monument to the Future.” In keeping with ITC’s commitment to the “triple bottom line” philosophy, the company has aspired to be an example for the service sector.
The ITC Royal Gardenia is a blend of contemporary design and international green practices. 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.
“The ITC Royal Gardenia exemplifies ITC’s vision and is perhaps the perfect example of finding common rhythm between manmade and natural environments,” said chief executive, ITC Hotels Division, Nakul Anand. “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 utilized 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.
Go to the Hotel Royal Gardenia.
