Switching from working onsite to working from home may reduce a person’s carbon footprint by more than 50 percent, according to a new study.
In an analysis of various work scenarios, people’s behaviors and sources of emissions, researchers found that switching from working onsite to working from home may reduce a person’s carbon footprint by more than 50 percent. Hybrid schedules where people work remotely for two to four days a week could also cut emissions by 11 to 29 percent, according to the study., said Longqi Yang, an applied research manager at Microsoft and one of the paper’s authors.
“This is a very complicated system,” said Fengqi You, a professor of energy systems engineering at Cornell University and another author of the paper. “This study really emphasizes the importance of lifestyle and the choices that we make ... when we’re working remotely as being really key to realizing the kinds of potential benefits that can be unlocked,” O’Connor said.
“It’s one interesting piece of the puzzle, but not the whole story,” said Trougakos, who was not involved in the study. “To have a comprehensive plan for something like this, you’re looking at more than just the workplace, and obviously the other choices that people make in their life will also impact the emissions that they create and that organizations might create as well.
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