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I asked myself the same thing and I'm afraid the effect is not as big as expected (in relation to other emissions). From https://www.agora-verkehrswende.de/ver
by rompic 4y ago
I asked myself the same thing and I'm afraid the effect is not as big as expected (in relation to other emissions).
From https://www.agora-verkehrswende.de/veroeffentlichungen/wende-im-pendelverkehr/ https://www.agora-verkehrswende.de/veroeffentlichungen/wende...
For Germany:
The climate effects of home office were estimated for 40 percent of the
workers, each with two home office days per week, were estimated to save 5.4 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent per year.
This corresponds to 18 percent of
percent of the emissions from commuting to work or 4 percent of the
of total passenger transport emissions (Büttner and Breitkreuz 2020).
- rompic 4y agoFor austria: https://www.umweltbundesamt.at/news201221-1 https://www.umweltbundesamt.at/news201221-1 The result is a share of 25.8% (short-term) to 39.3% (long-term) of all employed persons in Austria who could in principle work from home on a permanent or temporary basis. By overestimating the work-related passenger kilometers, this results in a savings potential of about 300 kilotons of CO2 equivalents per year, if about a quarter of all employed persons in Austria work from home for 40 % of the working time (or 2 out of 5 working days). Due to undesirable rebound effects, such as an increasing distance between home and work, induced traffic as a result of freed-up capacity, or increased capacities or increased leisure mobility, this potential can increase to 90 kilotons of CO2 equivalents per year.