KOLKATA, India, December 24, 2009 /PRNewswire/
-- 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 its 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.
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