Is Telecommuting Really Greener?

If you can telecommute, should you? There are many things to consider before answering that question, but we want to give you some facts about the green side of things.

SUN Microsystems, a computer and software company known for its flexible work policies (19,000, or 56% of its employees around the world, have access to "flexible offices"), has done a study on telecommuting. What it found is very interesting from an environmental perspective. One of the main questions they asked was: "Does Open Work really save energy, or just transfer energy cost and load to employees?"