Media

The Green Swing are a collaborative of forward thinking Perth residents who are passionate about sustainability and have set out to build three low carbon homes on the same plot, creating an inner city sustainable community.

April 2014 "One Brighton achieves deep carbon cuts"

April 2014 "One Brighton: Achieving a 60% carbon cut, aiming for 78%"

June 2014 "John Wardle Architects, Umow Lai and eToolLCD software achieve 6 star green star outcome"

April 2014 "Australia's eTool helps UK development reduce 60% of its greenhouse gas emissions"

April 2014. The Fifth Estate interviews Alex about the recent move by UDIA to incorporate LCA into their standards.

Alex Bruce shares his "essential list for low carbon living", for the Community Newspaper Group.

October/November 2013 Rich & Henrique discuss which is the better option for new build or renovated homes - 'Gas or Electricity?'

August 2013 TFE interviews Alex on the new Green Star LCA Innovation Challenge and what it means for the built environment industry.

August 2013 Matthew from NZ blog Home Style Green interviews Alex on LCA - How you measure the impact of where stuff comes from and why is this important? for his podcast series.

July 2013 Alex inspires homeowners with a sustainable retrofit summary of his 1980s townhouse in Perth.

July 2013 Siobhan explores the Sustainability Learning Centre project with input from the architects, engineers, material manufacturers and eTool team.

June 2013 Our low carbon design principles were published as a renovators resource by LJ Hooker's Liveability website.

June 2013 The developers, architects and engineer behind the award winning Stevens Street development describe how the project came together.

June/July 2013 Alex explains how he became a convert to life cycle assessment (LCA) after failing to answer a question on Solar PV sustainability.

June/July 2013 Rich takes ReNew readers through options for energy monitoring systems that don’t require a smart meter.

June 2013 ALCAS recently featured our solar PV vs solar thermal article on their website and June newsletter.

June 2013 Alex gives his top tips for low carbon residential building design to The Owner Builder Network's Design 101.

April 2013 eTool LCA features in this US technical guide to using LCA to measure green building design and a summary of LCA tools currently on the market.

April/May 2013 Our Low Carbon Design Guide has been featured as a 'How to design a low carbon building' alongside our life cycle design philosophy.

March 2013 RPM Online interviews Green Gurus and Psaros about the MARQ project and how developers the benefits of capitalising on green.

March 2013 2013 The year of Life Cycle Assessment is Construction Digital's article on eTool LCA. Check our the Innovation section of their online magazine pages 24-29 for the full piece.

March 2013 Rich & Henrique's article 'Gas or Electricity?' has been republished by one of Australia's most popular green blogs which shares stories and ideas about eco living down under.

February 2013 Danny Psaros is interviewed about the MARQ project and highlight the life cycle assessment of the building and sustainability features.

February 2013 Marc Masci from Interface Construction is featured as Carbon Neutral 'Hero of the Month' for his work with eTool and offsetting his projects with Carbon Neutral.

December 2012 The Fifth Estate announced our affiliation with 1% for the Planet and the amount of carbon we've saved for our clients in 2012.

December 2012 Rich's piece on the state of play in LCA globally is published by AIA's environmental design guide.

December 2012 Our life cycle assessment on the Sustainability Learning Centre Hobart is featured in detailed.

November 2012 Light Home features the paper published by The International Journal of Climate Change that talks about eTool LCA as a world leader.

November 2012 The Fifth Estate features eTool LCA as the leading software in green building design in Australia.

November 2012 BNP magazine announced Stevens Street as their 2012 Sustainability Awards Multi Residential Winner and made particular note of the use of an eTool assessment.

November 2012 Stevens Street's National Commendation for Residential Architecture — Multiple Housing from the AIA is announced with comments from the jury panel.

September 2012 Stevens Street has been shortlisted for the national Royal Australian Institute of Architects Sustainability Award.

September 2012 Pier Street Collective's Green Building Week seminars and group are featured.

August 2012 Profiling the teams behind the AIA award winning Stevens St project.

August 2012 Stevens Street's high density style, architectural design features are explored in detail.

August/September 2012 Part 2 of a feature series on The Green Swing's project and eTool's involvment in helping them calculate the impact of all three buildings.

July 2012 58 Stevens Street awarded the 2012 WA sustainability and multiple residential awards from the AIA.

July 2012 Assessing embodied energy and tools to help calculate your building design's carbon footprint.

July 2012 A round up of the WA AIA winners including jury comments about Stevens Street's architectural and environmental integrity.

July 2012 Alex Bruce discusses the carbon tax and the impact it will have on homeowners and home builders.

June 2012 Featured in the Bright Ideas section of Qantas' in-flight magazine The Australian Way.

May 2012 Kirsten Rose of Carbon Neutral gives an overview of her home design and sustainable decisions.

April/May 2012 Part 1 of a feature series on The Green Swing's sustainable development in Perth.

April 2012 Mentioned in a letter to the editor about being the tool to calculate embodied energy.

January 2012 Features eTool's involvement with the Stevens Street development in Freo.

November 2011 Alex Bruce featured as 'Carbon Hero of the month'!

August 2011 Alex talks about the proposed carbon tax and divides fact from fiction.

July 2011 Shades of Green feature focussing on planning and building green homes.

July/August 2011 Power On Newsletter featuring Alex + Rich on ABC's new inventors show.

June 2011 Rich is interviewed about the cost impact and investment of building and buying green.

June 2011 Alex Bruce talks about solar passive design, star ratings and how to reduce the carbon in your design.

May 2011 Alex and Rich are featured on the ABC's New Inventors Show with eTool LCA.