Teleworking Does Not Always Reduce CO2 Emissions, According to a European Study

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Teleworking does not always reduce CO2 emissions. Working from home is not always a magical ecological solution. Although it avoids daily journeys by car, the high consumption of heating and light in the home usually completely cancels this savings of emissions. Setting up a private office inside the house requires a very important energy expense. Maintaining a hot, cool or illuminated room throughout the working day significantly increases the …

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A study with 1,000 participants in Switzerland has put figures to something that many suspected: teleworking is not automatically cleaner. The research, published in PLOS Climate and led by the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Lucerne, estimates that each teleworker emits 1,322 kg of CO2 per year if the energy expenditure of the home, the technology and the displacements that do persist. The data is relevant because many companies and …