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People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/workreform@lemmy.world
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[+] -9 points 3 years ago (3 children)

I find this quite surprising. When I’m working from home during the winter, I’m heating a lot of the house that would normally be unheated.

I would have assumed that bringing multiple people together into a single heated space would have been more energy efficient

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    This is based in the US. I imagine a lot of that also comes from air con, very long commutes and other wasted office energy use.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    From the article > The main causes of remote workers’ reduced emissions were less office energy use, as well as fewer emissions from a daily commute.

    Again - I'm really surprised that net energy use is less for distributed workers (setting aside commmute energy use).

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  • [+] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Also they cool down offices because "business clothes" mean pants and at least golf shirts but probably long sleeve shirts and maybe a tie for some reason. Meaning the men need to have it at 67 or so to not sweat balls and the women wind up wearing cardigans in August. Meanwhile i just try to keep it under 80 in my place, use a personal fan and maybe hang a little brain out of my short shorts while in a Zoom call.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    There's so many other things to consider, including e.g. traffic

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Yes, of course. But I’m calling out the one factor that they specifically talk about

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    What's more efficient? Heating a small home that id well insulated and geared towards economical energy use or heating massive empty spaces of a practically non-insulated office building with massive heaters while at the same times the homes are being heated? (Albeit to a lower temperature)

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