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 co-founded by Hany Salem and Mina Yahya — 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.
Meet your instructor
Hany Salem
Co-founder, ISG · Senior Sustainability Specialist · Architect
USGBC Faculty — accredited by the U.S. Green Building Council as a credible, qualified instructor with expertise in sustainability and wellness. Also LEED AP BD+C and Pearl Qualified Professional (PQP) for Building and Community Rating Systems. Over a decade of work in green-building design and construction.
An active member of multiple professional organizations across the building industry, Hany is a sustainability lecturer and the developer of several green-building courses — including Green Building Concepts and Strategies, taught at institutes across the region.
On the project side he's personally led certification on Burj Khalifa (LEED EBOM), Zayed International Airport, and the PENTA Retail Center — Saudi Arabia's first BD+C Platinum retail.
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 taught in person by Hany Salem against the current LEED v5 beta exam, delivered in cohorts. 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