About ISG Academy
Courses by the people who deliver the projects.
ISG Academy is the teaching arm of Integrative Sustainability Group — a global sustainability consultancy operating across 20+ countries, with deep project experience in the Gulf, MENA, Europe, and beyond.
Who we are
ISG was founded by Hany and Mina Salem — brothers, sustainability practitioners, and certification specialists. We deliver LEED, WELL, WiredScore, SmartScore, BREEAM, Estidama Pearl, GSAS, and Mostadam certifications, plus acoustic consultancy and ESG advisory, on projects of every scale.
Projects we've worked on
Saudi Arabia
PENTA Retail Center
World's only multi-tenant retail at LEED Platinum in hot-desert climate. Saudi Arabia's first BD+C Platinum retail.
UAE
Burj Khalifa
Tallest LEED-certified building in the world. Existing Building O+M certification.
Abu Dhabi
Zayed International Airport
Largest single airport terminal in the world by floor area. LEED BD+C Silver. 35% energy reduction vs baseline.
Why an academy
Every year, our consulting practice produces something most firms keep internal: deep, current, opinionated knowledge of how green-building certifications actually work in practice — what the rating systems say on paper versus what gets through the review, where projects gain points cheaply, where they bleed money chasing credits that don't matter for their context.
ISG Academy is where that knowledge gets distilled into courses anyone can take. Our first course is LEED Green Associate Foundations — a 3-day intensive in Málaga, Spain, taught by Hany Salem against the current LEED v5 beta exam. More courses follow as we test which ones students actually want.
Get in touch
Course questions: academy@isg.green
Consulting + projects: isg.green
Press / partnerships: hany@isg.green