Grand Mercure Gandhinagar receives ‘Gold Certificate’ by IGBC
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Grand Mercure Gandhinagar GIFT City has won the ‘Gold level of certificate’ under the Indian Green Building Council’s (IGBC) Green New Building Rating System for being a sustainable and environment friendly building. This certification is valid for a period of three years.
Grand Mercure Gandhinagar GIFT City is a green building and is recognised for its sustainable practices by IGBC. Green building of the hotel helps in minimising the overall impact on the environment through the efficient use of energy and water and the use of environmentally friendly practices during construction of the structure.
Accor group has always believed in adapting environment friendly practices in all its activities. As a part of Accor group’s Planet 21 programme, we are deeply committed to sustainable value creation, and focusing on implementations through which we can give back to planet and community. Under this programme, 21 commitments have been made that involve customers, partners and employees to act together in order to improve and reinvent sustainability for the well-being of the world.
Vineet Verma, Executive Director & CEO, Brigade Hospitality, said, “It is a matter of pride to have our hotel at GIFT City – Gujarat, certified by IGBC. This certification stands testament to Brigade Group’s commitment to sustainable development which is in tune with IGBC’s goal of putting India on the map of global leaders in sustainable built environment. I would like to thank GIFT City Authority for their enviable support infrastructure that helped us achieve Gold level of certification under the IGBC Green New Building Rating System.”
In 2001, the CII–Indian Green Building Council launched the IGBC Green Service Buildings Rating System and formed a council with the aim of enabling an environmentally cohesive ecosystem. IGBC recognised buildings for their green features under seven categories including sustainable architecture and design, site selection and planning, water conservation, energy efficiency, building materials and resources, indoor environmental quality, innovation and development.