Decrease Your Carbon Footprint: Work at Home
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By David Rowswell in General Published: Thursday, 12 June 08 - 05:23 PM (GMT -05:00) Last Updated: Thursday, 12 June 08 - 05:24 PM (GMT -05:00) |
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Does working at home really save energy? Here's what Sun Microsystems discovered:
- Employees saved more than $1,700 per year in gasoline and wear and tear on their vehicles by working at home an average of 2.5 days a week.
- Office equipment energy consumption at the office was 130 watts per hour compared to 64 watts per hour at employee homes.
- Commuting represented more than 98 percent of each employee's carbon footprint for work, compared to less than 1.7 percent of total carbon emissions needed to power office equipment.
- By eliminating commuting just 2.5 days per week, each employee reduced the amount of energy used for work by the equivalent of 5,400 kilowatt hours per year.
- Working from home 2.5 days per week saved employees an average of 2.5 weeks of commuting time (8 hours per day, five days per week) per year.
Source: Sun Microsystems study of 100 telecommuting employees
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