green building
Certifications
Verdani's Certifications Team delivers measurable impact through targeted certification and assessment expertise.
Acquiring green and healthy building certifications underscores a commitment to high environmental standards and advancing health and wellness initiatives at the property level.
Our team assists clients throughout the process, facilitating credentials like LEED®, Fitwel®, IREM®, WELL®, BREEAM®, ActiveScore, and others. We also help clients determine which rating system is the best fit for them; through gap analyses and feasibility assessments, we provide the necessary insights to pair up the optimal building candidates with the most appropriate frameworks, before mapping out the requirements for achievement. Additionally, we offer discounts for ongoing support as well as streamlining the complexity of managing multiple vendors and contracts to achieve green building certifications.
Key Services
Navigate requirements and options across major certification systems.
Certifications Guidance
Evaluate readiness, identify gaps, and map clear pathways to certification success.
Feasibility & Gap Analysis
Manage documentation and deadlines to complete certifications smoothly and accurately.
Submission Support
Use existing data to shape targeted strategies that improve overall building performance outcomes.
Eligibility Assessments
Align goals with budgets, uncover cost savings, and leverage volume efficiencies.
Strategy & Budgeting
Track recertification timelines, alerts, and updates for continuous compliance.
Recertification Services
Drive ROI with Green Building Certifications
On average, green-certified buildings reduce operating costs by 14%–30%, use 25%–50% less energy, and consume 10%–40% less water.
Verdani’s tailored guidance helps assets achieve optimal certification levels, minimizing lifecycle costs while enhancing building performance.
Efficiency & Cost Savings
Green-certified properties can earn rental premiums of 7.1%–11.6% on average and sell at an approximately 7.6% higher value.
Verdani helps position assets to qualify for tax incentives, resilience grants, and financing advantages such as the 179D deduction, 45L credit, and Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards — while boosting tenant appeal and long-term valuation.
Assets, Incentives, & Marketability
Certifications offer measurable benchmarks for resilience, compliance, and investor alignment.
Verdani’s in-house team connects certifications to broader sustainability goals — from carbon reduction to SFDR and GRESB reporting — delivering scalable, verifiable data across your portfolio.
Program Integration & Risk Management
Verdani is a Licensed BREEAM® USA In-Use Assessor
The Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) is the world’s leading science-based certification system for sustainably built environments. Recognized in over 80 countries, BREEAM sets the global standard for assessing a building's environmental, social, and economic sustainability performance across its lifecycle — from design and construction to operation and refurbishment
Verdani offers consulting services to helping real estate owners and operators with their certification, we can also serve as the project’s required assessor, all in-house.
Achieving BREEAM certification demonstrates a commitment to high-performance, sustainable design that reduces environmental impact, lowers operational costs, and enhances occupant well-being. It also strengthens sustainability profiles, increases asset value, and future-proofs properties against evolving regulations and market expectations.
By aligning buildings with BREEAM, organizations showcase leadership in sustainability and innovation, delivering spaces that are not only better for the planet — but better for people.
LEED® v5 is Here
LEED v5 represents the most advanced and forward-thinking version of the globally recognized green building rating system. Designed to address today’s most pressing environmental and social challenges, LEED v5 empowers project teams to create high-performance spaces that prioritize decarbonization, climate resilience, health equity, and social impact.
Pursuing LEED v5 certification signals a commitment to next-generation sustainability — one that not only reduces energy use and carbon emissions, but also enhances occupant well-being, fosters inclusive design, and supports long-term operational efficiency. With its stronger focus on measurable outcomes and ESG alignment, LEED v5 helps projects stay competitive in an evolving marketplace while meeting the expectations of investors, tenants, and communities.
By achieving LEED v5, organizations showcase leadership in shaping a built environment that is sustainable, equitable, and future-ready.
With LEED v4 and v4.1 sunsetting after Q1 2026, now is the time to act.
Which Certification is Right for Your Portfolio?
Commercial real estate owners and investors increasingly turn to green building certifications not just for sustainability leadership — but for performance advantages, resilience, and returns. Verdani Partners helps align the right certifications with your asset strategies, turning technical programs into value-driven tools for compliance, efficiency, and marketability.
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New construction, major renovations, and operations
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Tax credits, energy savings, ESG credibility
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Health-focused design and operations
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Higher tenant retention, ESG health performance
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Streamlined wellness validation for existing assets
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Affordable wellness branding, quick ROI
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Lifecycle sustainability evaluation, global assets
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Strong EU/UK recognition, climate risk lens
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Performance benchmarking and energy efficiency validation
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Lower utility costs, strong alignment with ESG metrics
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Building operations performance
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Industry recognition for buildings demonstrating best practices
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Low cost,
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Office, multifamily, retail, medical, self-storage, industrial
Certify Smarter. Drive Value.
Through gap analyses and feasibility assessments, we deliver critical insights to identify optimal building candidates, recommend the most suitable certifications, and outline key requirements for successful applications.
Square Feet Certified in 2024
Projects Awarded in 2024
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ActiveScore certifies buildings for active travel infrastructure, helping owners attract eco-conscious tenants and support sustainable commuting.
Services offered: ActiveScore Certification Consultant
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BREEAM provides a flexible, internationally respected framework for sustainable building performance, helping owners future-proof assets and meet ESG goals.
Services offered: In-Use USA Consultant, BREEAM v6 In-Use Assessor
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Fitwel offers a cost-effective, evidence-based certification that boosts tenant satisfaction and retention by optimizing buildings for health and well-being.
Services offered: Fitwel v3 consulting: Built, design community, social performance
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IREM CSP recognizes operational excellence in sustainability for existing buildings, offering property managers a practical path to reduce costs and environmental impact.
Services offered: Individual and Volume
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LEED certifies buildings that prioritize sustainability and energy efficiency, enhancing asset value and marketability through globally recognized green building standards.
Services offered: O+M, BD+C, ID+C
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ModeScore evaluates digital connectivity and smart building readiness, giving owners a competitive edge in attracting tech-savvy tenants.
Services offered: ModeScore Certification consulting
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WELL focuses on human health and well-being in the built environment, helping owners attract tenants and talent by promoting occupant wellness and productivity.
Services offered: WELL Gap Analysis, WELL v2 Core Existing Building Certification, Core New Construction Certification, WELL Health Safety Rating, WELL Health Safety Rating Volume, WELL Health Safety Rating renewal, WELL Equity Rating, WELL Performance Rating
Verdani is Your Certifications Strategic Partner
New to certifications? Verdani makes green building certifications straightforward and hassle-free.
With strategic and technical advisors in one team, we’ve helped to certify hundreds of buildings and to scale certifications from a single asset to national portfolios.
Do your certifications lack strategy and impact? Verdani embeds certification rating systems into your broader sustainability strategy.
We provide a fully integrated approach — certifications tied to environmental data, reporting, benchmarks, investor goals, and operational priorities.
Investors and regulations reshaping your needs? Verdani can scale, streamline, or systematize certifications across complex portfolios.
Our in-house team manages some of the largest volumes of certifications globally by employing integrated data strategies and sustainability reporting pathways.
Verdani has supported CommonWealth Partners in certifying 100% of our directly managed portfolio, with over 63% at LEED Platinum and 76% receiving Fitwel 2-Star certifications across our directly managed national portfolio, improving benchmarking and ensuring alignment with investor goals. Our long-term partnership helps streamline recertifications and scale energy and wellness initiatives portfolio-wide.
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kristen quezambra
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, COMMONWEALTH PARTNERS®Fitwel 2-Star Certifications
LEED certified Gold & Platinum
Years of 5 Star Ratings on GRESB
Related Insights
Fact Sheet: LEED v5 - The Next Generation of Green Building Overview of key LEED v5 updates, certification deadlines and timelines, and specific changes to the LEED O+M rating system.
Verdani Vitals: Certifications Edition Learn what you need to know about LEED v5 and maximize performance and asset value with Verdani´s green building certifications services
What’s New in Green Building Certifications - 2025 Webinar Discover how green building certifications like LEED, IREM, and Fitwel boost sustainability alignment and asset value.
Industry Resources
Sustainability, data management, and reporting frameworks at your fingertips.
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Carbon Risk Real Estate Monitor (CRREM)
Green Business Certification, Inc. (GBCI)
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)
Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)
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