About · Dwellers

Evidence-based design
Simulation and performance analysis inform every decision.
Hands-on material exploration
Alternative and sustainable materials, tested by making.
Education at the core
Training built into every practice engagement.

Our approach

Beyond certification.

Certification is one part of a broader journey: from individual green buildings to measurable, healthy, low-carbon and resource-efficient assets and portfolios.

GreenLEED · IGBC · GRIHA · EDGE
HealthyWELL · IGBC Health & Well-being
EfficientEnergy · Water · Building performance
Low carbonLCA · Embodied carbon · Operational carbon
CircularTRUE · Circularity · Waste strategy
Net zeroEnergy · Water · Carbon
PortfolioKPIs · Standards · Roadmaps · ESG data

How we fit in

We make your certificate worth more.

Dwellers: every stageCertification-only scope

FeasibilitySustainability strategy · early opportunity assessment
Concept & designPerformance modelling · wellbeing · LCA · certification strategy
ConstructionMaterials · documentation · site practices · training
LaunchPerformance facts · sustainability communication · team enablement
HandoverAudits · manuals · performance baselines · training
OperationsO+M · benchmarking · recertification
PortfolioESG data · decarbonization · standards · roadmaps

Already have a certification consultant? We work alongside them.

Need certification too? LEED, WELL, EDGE, IGBC, GRIHA and Mostadam.

Same frame, before and after

One frame. Two buildings.

Drag the line. On the left, a sealed glass box. On the right, the same frame with Dwellers' design for Hamara School, shaded by coloured bamboo.

A sealed four-storey glass box on stilts, on a bare concrete plot in harsh midday light.

The same frame with Dwellers' design for Hamara School: red, cyan, green and yellow bamboo shade screens, trees, and people at the entrance.

Before

The same box as the one next door.

After

Coloured bamboo shade-mats. Tied on for summer, taken down for winter. Built by local hands.

Dwellers' design for Hamara School, Aligarh, a Solar Decathlon finalist competition entry, 2021–2022, set in the same frame for comparison. Hamara School is a new campus design, not a retrofit.

See which of these moves fit your project. Book a Sustainability Value Scan

The business case

The value is measurable. And the market is measuring it.

up to 24%higher rents for green-certified officesANAROCK, H1 2025
14% vs 16.3%vacancy: green-certified offices against the rest, India's top 7 citiesANAROCK, H1 2025
3–5%higher upfront cost to build greenCRISIL Ratings, 2025
about 2–3 yrsto pay back that premiumGRIHA Council CEO, EPC World, 2025

See what these numbers mean for your project.

The market has moved

When every project carries a plaque, the plaque stops being the advantage.

76% of new office supply in H1 2026 was green-certified. Equirus, H1 2026, reported by Construction World

What sets a building apart now is how it performs, and proving it. That is where Dwellers works.

The team

The people on your project.

Senior people, with project experience across India, the GCC, Africa, Southeast Asia and beyond.

Mariyam Zakiah

Director · Co-founder · Sustainability Strategist

LEED AP
EDGE Expert
ECBC Master Trainer

15 years in green building certification, high-performance design and decarbonization.

AA London graduate. 9 years at Environmental Design Solutions leading LEED Platinum, Gold and EBOM projects across India, the GCC, Africa and Southeast Asia, over 6 million sq.ft.

Abu Talha Farooqi

Co-founder · Architect · Advisor

ECBC Master Trainer

Professor and Vice Dean (Academics), Jindal School of Design & Architecture.

Has led 100+ ECBC/ENS trainings for architects, engineers and government officials. Expert in envelope optimisation and net-zero design, mentoring five Solar Decathlon India teams.