Kimpton Naluria Kuala Lumpur Achieves LEED Gold

Kimpton Naluria Kuala Lumpur Achieves LEED Gold | NEAPOLI

Kuala Lumpur, 3 September 2026. Malaysia’s first Kimpton hotel, Kimpton Naluria Kuala Lumpur at The Exchange TRX, has achieved LEED Gold certification under LEED v4 BD+C: Hospitality.

Kimpton Naluria is a 466-room, 26-storey luxury hotel within The Exchange TRX. IHG Hotels & Resorts operates it as the Kimpton brand’s first hotel in Malaysia.
NEAPOLI worked with Lendlease and the wider project team on the hotel’s energy and environmental performance from design through construction. We used simulation and environmental analysis to improve the building, with LEED providing independent verification of the result.

A hotel rooted in nature

The name Kimpton Naluria combines two Malay words, naluri, meaning instinct, and ria, meaning joy. Hassell designed the interiors around the concept “Botanics Beyond Aesthetics”, drawing on Malaysia’s tropical landscape through natural materials, forms and colours.
That relationship between design and environmental performance is particularly relevant here. The daylight and views that shape the guest experience also produced some of the project’s strongest measured environmental results.

Why hotels are different

A hotel is a demanding building to make efficient. Guest rooms, kitchens, restaurants, hot water and cooling run for long hours, often around the clock. At the same time, no efficiency measure can come at the expense of guest comfort.
At Kimpton Naluria, whole-building energy simulation demonstrated 25.6% energy cost savings against the ASHRAE 90.1 baseline. The project also achieved the maximum six points for Enhanced Commissioning, including monitoring-based systems commissioning and building envelope commissioning.

Water and site

Water performance was another strong area. The project achieved a 100% reduction in outdoor water use, full points for cooling tower water performance using recycled non-potable water, and full points for water metering. The rainwater management strategy handles the 90th percentile rainfall event.
During construction, the contractor diverted more than 75% of construction and demolition waste from landfill across four material streams and followed a construction indoor air quality management plan.

Daylight, views and innovation

Daylight simulation showed that 87.65% of regularly occupied space meets the spatial daylight autonomy threshold, earning the maximum three points. In addition, 95.26% of regularly occupied space offers quality views.
The project secured all five Innovation points. These covered an occupant comfort survey, the WELL Beauty and Design feature, onsite carbon sequestration through planting and exemplary performance for quality views.

For hospitality, this balance matters. Environmental performance is not only about reducing consumption. Energy, water and material efficiency need to work alongside daylight, views, comfort and design quality so the building serves both its operator and its guests.
“A hotel operates continuously, with substantial cooling, hot water and service demands, and the guest experience always comes first,” said Dr Stellios Plainiotis, Founder and CEO of NEAPOLI. “Our work at Kimpton Naluria focused on improving that performance through analysis and design. LEED Gold is the independent confirmation; the value lies in the building itself.”
NEAPOLI congratulates Lendlease, TRX City, IHG Hotels & Resorts and the wider project team on the achievement, and thanks the NEAPOLI team, whose work on energy and environmental performance supported the project from design through completion.