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The ITC Hotel Royal Gardenia in Bengaluru, India has been awarded the largest LEED Platinum certification in the world.

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This past holiday season was one to remember for India’s ITC Hotel Royal Gardenia. The hotel, located in the city of Bengaluru, has been awarded the largest LEED Platinum certification in the world.

Why such high accolades? The hotel’s parent company, ITC, is a leader in sustainability – the only company in the world to be carbon positive, water positive and solid waste recycling positive.

This award is yet another “green milestone” for ITC. It is close on the heels of the ITC Green Center in Gurgaon—one of the world’s largest green buildings – which 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.”

Combining style with sustainable sensibility

In keeping with ITC’s commitment to the “triple bottom line” philosophy, the company has aspired to be an example for the service sector.

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, successfully blending contemporary design and international green practices.

“The ITC Royal Gardenia exemplifies ITC’s vision and is perhaps the perfect example of finding common rhythm between manmade and natural environments,” said Nakul Anand, chief executive, ITC Hotels Division. “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.

For more information, visit Hotel Royal Gardenia online.

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  • Congratulations to The ITC Hotel Royal Gardenia in Bengaluru, you deserve this award and please keep up the good work.
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