Green Benefits
4 percent of the Washington D.C. population telecommutes, saving the planet 23,326 tons of CO2 (Kaplan, 2009)
The CleanAirCampaign reports that through alternative commuting, Georgia saves 1.2 million miles of vehicle travel and prevents 600 tons of pollution daily.
An estimated 1.35 billion gallons of gasoline could be saved annually if every U.S. worker with the ability to telecommute did so 1.6 days per week (Wall Street Journal, 2009)
Telecommuting saves 840 million gallons of fuel annually in the U.S. (Environmental Leader, 2007)
A new national study commissioned by the Consumer Electronics Association shows that using electronics to telecommute saves the equivalent of 9 to 14 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year — the same amount of energy used by roughly 1 million U.S. households every year. (Tech Journal, 2007)
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