Telecommuting

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and repair equipment, but also in the manufacture and
transportation of the required materials. An increase in the percentage of
people telecommuting to work will decrease the need for expanded highways and
associated road maintenance. The first two areas related to getting to work.
Once a person arrives at a central office working location, he or she represents
another energy consumer, often times magnified many times over what would be
required at home. The office building has heating, cooling, and lighting needs,
and the materials to build it and maintain it require energy in their production
and transportation. Working from home requires only modest incremental demands
on energy for heating, cooling, and lighting needs, and makes effective use of
existing building space and facilities.
Telecommuting also improves productivity. Much time is spent on
unnecessary activities by people who commute back and forth to work in the
conventional manner. Time is wasted from the ...

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