Remote workers often overlook how much they’re doing for our fragile planet - but flexible working arrangements are already saving billions of kilowatt-hours for today’s businesses. This infographic explains how.
How Much Energy Would Your Business Save With Remote Working
1. Takeaways:
[Enjoy work, enjoy life, enjoy sharing]
AND NEW WAYS OF WORKING:
HOW MUCH ENERGY WOULD
YOUR BUSINESS SAVE WITH
REMOTE WORKING
MORE WORK, LESS ENERGY?
BUSINESSES ARE DOING MORE WITH LESS...
total
US$6tn each year.
GLOBAL ENERGY COSTS
Despite economic growth, the USA and EU have burned
a steady 100 QUADRILLION BTUs since 2011.
...BUT CONSUMPTION IS SLOWING.
A desktop uses up to 500W. A laptop around 75W.
TRAVEL INNOVATION:
Videoconferencing and teleworking save
$949-2,600
per planned trip.
BYOD
replaces workplace infrastructure
with worker-owned devices.
If EVERYONE did it
that’d save
650M BARRELS
OF OIL A YEAR.
...AND SO ARE THEIR WORKERS.
90%
of EU workers may ask for
flexible arrangements.
4.7%
of EU workers may ask for
flexible arrangements.
SAVING up to
14 BILLION KWh PER YEAR.
That’s LESS OFFICE FOOTAGE.
11%
of Xerox workers
are remote.
BUT IT’S NOT JUST WATTS…. IT’S “WHATS”
DON’T JUST SAVE MONEY.
SAVE THE PLANET, TOO.
WITH ARKADIN.
Teleworkers are:
MOBILE INNOVATION:
500W
75W
One telco cut CO2 emissions by
TWELVE TONS
taking
1,000 CARS OF THE ROAD
FEWER CARS on the roads. The average
US commute is 75-mile round trip.
And a GROWING TREND.
Globally,
1.75BN people
will work remotely by
2020.
MORE PRODUCTIVE
Thanks to technology, world energy usage is stable
BYOD means workers are increasingly equipping
themselves
Mobile technology uses less energy than desktop
computers
Virtual communication and collaboration keeps
workers connected when remote
The cost savings of enabling your people to
telecommute are extreme
THE KEY DRIVER?
ENABLE REMOTE AND
FLEXIBLE WORKING.
Videoconferencing,
not meetings.
Whiteboarding,
not photocopying.
Online collaboration,
not team trips.
SOME REASONS ARE ECONOMIC…
...OTHERS INVOLVE INNOVATION.
30%
up to
HEALTHY
76%eat better
DILIGENT
40
hours
with a higher %
putting in a full
A Realist’s How To
Guide For Enabling
Flexible Working
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A Realist’s How To
Guide For Enabling
Flexible Working
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