Green Building Certification consultants in Visakhapatnam.

Visakhapatnam is a heavy-industry city set between hills and sea. The port and its bulk berths handle coal, iron ore and fertiliser; the steel plant at Ukkunagaram, HPCL's refinery and the thermal power station at Simhadri stand around the harbour; and the pharma city at Parawada and the estates at Atchutapuram hold dozens of drug and chemical makers. Offices and IT campuses climb the hills at Rushikonda and Madhurawada to the north. In between live nearly two million people, many of them close to a fence line.

Rating work in Visakhapatnam has to plan for heat, salt and wind. The coast is hot and humid in most months, sea air corrodes metal and glazing seals, and cyclones test every roof and façade. On the Rushikonda hills, software campuses (and along the beach road and in Madhurawada, hospitals and new apartments) can each cite IGBC or GRIHA certification as proof of lower running costs. Shading, cross-ventilation, rainwater capture and wind-rated fixings count here as much as efficient cooling. The team travels from its base in Navi Mumbai and stays named on the work, start to finish, not passed down a chain.