将工作融入生活有助于减少住宅温室气体排放
Hongyue Wu1, Yunfeng Chen1, Yuan Chang2
1Construction Automation, Robotics, and Ergonomics (CARE) Lab, School of Construction Management Technology (SCMT), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
Journal of environmental management
|December 31, 2023
概括
与传统办公室工作相比,在家工作 (WFH) 可以减少11.34%的住宅温室气体 (GHG) 排放. 这种向工作与生活融合的转变为可持续的生活提供了显著的脱碳机会.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 可持续发展 可持续发展 可持续发展
- 能源政策 能源政策
背景情况:
- 通过远程工作来实现工作与生活的融合正在增加,但其对家庭温室气体 (GHG) 排放的影响尚不清楚.
- 了解不同工作安排下的住宅活动的环境足迹对于制定有效的气候战略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 量化和比较在家工作 (WFH) 和传统工作环境之间的住宅温室气体排放.
- 在WFH场景下分析时间使用模式对温室气体排放的影响.
- 在WFH的背景下,确定减少温室气体排放的关键活动和战略.
主要方法:
- 基于活动的自下而上的模型的开发,以模拟日常时间使用模式.
- 基于参与者活动 (例如,供暖,,工作,休) 的住宅温室气体排放量量化.
- 分析不同人口群体和气候区域的排放变化.
主要成果:
- 温室气体参与者平均每人每天产生9.03公斤二氧化碳,根据家庭责任和气候而有所变化.
- 与传统的工作相比 (10.06公斤CO2e/人/天),WFH导致温室气体排放减少11.34% (1.02公斤CO2e/人/天).
- 排放量减少主要与洗衣,和娱乐等活动所花费的时间减少有关.
结论:
- 温室气体环境促进了工作与生活的融合,并为减少住宅温室气体排放提供了巨大的潜力.
- 针对特定活动,优化时间分配和实施量身定制的策略可以进一步提高减排.
- 结果提供了高分辨率估计WFH的环境影响,帮助决策者和居民促进低碳生活.
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