Who This Is For
Occupiers whose parent organisations carry ESG mandates — board-level commitments to Scope 2 emissions reduction, TCFD reporting, or sustainability-linked financing — for whom the certification status of a Bangalore office building is a material variable, not a preference.
Also relevant for occupiers evaluating Bangalore space without an explicit ESG mandate but who want to understand what the certified building inventory looks like and why it matters for talent attraction, operating cost, and regulatory risk.
What We Do
Certified building inventory. We maintain working depth across every IGBC-certified, LEED-rated, and WELL-accredited commercial building in Bangalore. We know which floors are Platinum, which are Gold, which are still pursuing certification, and which are best avoided. This knowledge is not available through public registries alone; it requires ongoing engagement with building management and existing tenants.
Certification verification. Building owners make certification claims. We verify those claims against the IGBC and USGBC registries and assess operating performance through reference checks. Certification can lapse; certification can be claimed on a building where only certain floors hold the rating; certification can be Gold on the certificate and mediocre in practice. We know the difference.
ESG documentation. For occupiers with parent-company approval requirements, we prepare the sustainability case: building certification status, operating performance benchmarks, alignment with the occupier’s Scope 2 targets, and comparison with the uncertified alternative.
Fit-out specification. For occupiers targeting WELL elements in the fit-out, we advise on which building systems and operator commitments need to be in the lease before the fit-out begins. WELL fit-out is much cheaper and more reliable when the base building infrastructure supports it; we identify the gaps at building selection stage.
The Certified Inventory
We have operational depth across the buildings that matter. Not a spreadsheet of public registry data — a working knowledge of operator management quality, maintenance history, actual energy performance, and tenant experience.
When we recommend a certified building, it is because we have assessed it as meeting the occupier’s brief in practice, not merely on paper.
Sustainability-led space acquisition is not a constraint on the building selection. It is a filter that eliminates the buildings that would create compliance risk within five years, and that narrows the choice to the buildings whose operating quality justifies a decade-long commitment.
Frequently asked questions
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We filter the building shortlist to certified stock only — IGBC Gold or above, LEED Gold or above, unless the brief specifies otherwise. Within certified stock, we assess the building's actual operating performance against its certification claims: energy consumption, water use, indoor air quality, and building management quality. Certification is a floor, not a ceiling.
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We verify certification status through the IGBC and USGBC registries, and we assess operating performance through existing tenant references and maintenance records. We do not conduct energy audits — that is specialist engineering work — but we know which buildings' management quality is consistent with their certification claims and which are not.
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We advise against uncertified space for occupiers with meaningful ESG programmes. If an uncertified building is strongly preferred for other reasons, we advise on what certification pathway is available, what the timeline would be, and whether it can be structured as a lease condition. We do not advise on certification as a future aspiration; it must be a concrete commitment with a defined timeline.