Green Building Certification consultants in West Bengal.

Beyond the capital, West Bengal's advisory ground sits in a few hard-working belts. In the west, Durgapur and Asansol hold a public-sector steel plant, private steel and sponge-iron units, power stations, cement and the mines of the Raniganj coalfield. On the Hooghly's lower reach, Haldia has a port, a refinery and a petrochemical complex. Kharagpur and the Medinipur districts add engineering and food processing. And in the north, tea gardens across Darjeeling, the Terai and the Dooars answer to buyers who increasingly ask how their leaf is grown.

Outside the capital, rating work in West Bengal comes mostly from institutions and growing towns. Siliguri has grown into North Bengal's commercial hub, with hospitals, malls, housing and offices; Durgapur and Asansol have new campuses and townships; Kharagpur and Haldia have institutional and plant housing. The plains are sticky and hot, the hills cool and damp, so the design brief changes with altitude. In the plains, shading, ventilation and rainwater capture earn points; in the hills, insulation and daylight do. The team travels from its base in Navi Mumbai and stays named on the work, start to finish, not passed down a chain.