People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office

The study found that remote workers’ non-work travel increased, with more driving and more flying. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

People who work remotely all the time produce less than half the greenhouse gas emissions of office workers, according to a new study.

Employees in the US who worked from home all the time were predicted to reduce their emissions by 54%, compared with workers in an office, the study found. But hybrid workers did not reduce their emissions so dramatically, according to the research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.