“Tenants want to know that their landlord is on the technological forefront,” he said, “so that they don’t have to worry about whether their building has the ability to adapt.”

For most of the internet era, office tenants were largely responsible for their own digital connectivity, said Arie Barendrecht, chief executive and founder of WiredScore. But he saw an opportunity to borrow the LEED certification template and apply it to technology, particularly as progressive landlords grasped the benefits of providing a strong digital foundation.

In less than six years, the company has certified more than 1,800 properties totaling some 500 million square feet in the United States, Canada and Europe. Its four levels of digital capability mirror LEED’s.

“I thought a standard like WiredScore could set a bar for landlords to aim at in the complicated world of connectivity,” Mr. Barendrecht said. “There are landlords who understand that having digital connectivity is vital to the tenant experience and will improve asset value.”

A typical WiredScore certification contract, which lasts two years, costs $12,000 to $15,000 and includes a digital assessment and road map for improvements. WiredScore also provides marketing support for the property once it achieves certification.

So far, the decision to pursue a wired rating appears to be paying off. Rental rates for WiredScore office buildings in Manhattan, for example, increase an average of nearly 7 percent with each level of certification, according to a study by CoStar, a commercial property research firm.

By comparison, the cost for LEED certification averages around $3,500 to $5,000. The average premium for rent was found to be around 3 percent over buildings without the certification, according to a study published in The Journal of Portfolio Management in 2015.