As office buildings fill up again due to mandates for five-day work weeks, research reveals the environmental impact of commuting. A satellite analysis indicates that cities with flexible work options maintain lower carbon emissions, in contrast to rigid office environments where emissions increased. Full-time remote work can reduce an individual's carbon footprint by 58%, with hybrid work also providing substantial reductions. These findings suggest that commuting is a major contributor to urban greenhouse gas emissions, prompting concerns over the sustainability of reverting to pre-pandemic work habits.
"A 2023 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences calculated that moving from full-time office work to full-time work from home slashes an employee's work-related carbon footprint by as much as 58 percent."
"The flexible metros - places where remote and hybrid schedules remain common - kept carbon emission levels roughly flat between 2019 and 2022, whereas the least flexible metros endured a marked uptick."
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