Employees Returning To Work Hurts Green Climate Progress

The fact that people could work remotely since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven their energy costs high as they heat and cool their homes. However, as people head back to work, the energy costs of office buildings have started to rise. In general, this higher energy use will be powered by fossil fuels.
*Green Work
There is a second set of damages to the environment as people return to work. That is transportation costs. Once again, fossil fuels are a primary source of energy for cars and many other forms of transportation
The journal Nature Cities recently published an analysis of the office and remote working trend.
“Those findings align with other peer-reviewed research: Switching to remote work instead of going into the office can cut a person’s carbon footprint by 54 percent, according to a study published in the journal PNAS last fall, even when accounting for non-commute travel and residential energy use.”
100,000 Workers
There is no ready solution to this carbon footprint problem. Some companies, including those in America which employ over 100,000 workers, insist that their business runs more effectively when all employees are in office. Some have opted for hybrid work conditions in which workers are at home for a portion of the week and in the office for the balance.
COVID-19 had many effects. It appears one is affecting the environment.
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