远程工作的气候缓解潜力对生活方式和工作场所的变化敏感,而不是对ICT使用的敏感
Yanqiu Tao1, Longqi Yang2, Sonia Jaffe2
1Systems Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.
概括
转向远程工作可以显著减少你的碳足迹高达58%. 关键因素包括减少办公室能源消耗和非通勤旅行,而不是信息技术. 生活方式的选择对于最大限度地提高这些环境效益至关重要.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 气候变化研究 气候变化研究
- 可持续的工作实践 可持续的工作实践
背景情况:
- 在全球范围内,COVID-19大流行加速了远程和混合工作模式的采用.
- 了解这种工作转型对环境的影响对于可持续发展努力至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 量化与转向远程和混合工作相关的温室气体排放.
- 确定不同工作安排中环境影响的主要驱动因素.
主要方法:
- 温室气体排放的生命周期评估.
- 分析包括IT,通勤,非通勤旅行以及办公室和住宅环境中的能源使用等因素.
- 对于美国的远程与现场工作场景的环境影响建模.
主要成果:
- 在美国,远程工作可以将工作的碳足迹减少高达58%.
- 信息技术对排放的影响是可以忽略不计的;办公室能源使用和非通勤旅行是重要的因素.
- 环境效益取决于生活方式的调整,包括车辆选择,旅行行为和家庭/工作环境配置.
结论:
- 过渡到远程工作提供了实质性的环境效益,主要是通过减少办公室能源消耗和非通勤旅行.
- 优化远程工作的环境优势需要个人有意识地选择生活方式.
- 进一步的研究应该探索促进可持续远程工作实践的政策影响.
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