New Study Quantifies Pollution Reduced by Telecommuters

Confirms Work from Home Jobs Save Money, Reduce Oil & CO2
SAN DIEGO--(Business Wire)--
An analysis of published research, released today, offers hope for
Earth Day on April 22nd. The study shows that while less than 4% of
the U.S. workforce currently work from home, 40% have jobs that would
allow them to telecommute.

If they did, according to the study, these new teleworkers could
annually save 625 million barrels of oil, reduce greenhouse gas
pollution by 107 million tons of CO2, and save almost $43 billion at
the pumps. Each worker would save 26 work-days and over $800, time and
money now wasted commuting.

The independent study by Kate Lister and Tom Harnish is part of an
ongoing effort to quantify the costs and benefits of telecommuting for
workers, employers, communities, and the nation. The work is part of
their research for a forthcoming book titled Undress4Success: The
Naked Truth About Working From Home about telecommuting jobs and home
based business.

Earlier results, reported in January, revealed that increased
telecommuting could reduce Gulf oil imports by 80% while significantly
reducing pollution. The authors have now added details, available at
Undress4Success.com, for every city, county and state in the U.S.

Customized free analysis for reporters, government agencies, and
companies who want to know the impact increased work from home
opportunities would have on their carbon footprint can be requested
through the website.

"Research shows that if workers telecommute it offers benefits for
all concerned," says Lister, "but we wanted to put numbers behind the
claim. While time saved not commuting means telecommuters could, in a
sense, get a day off every other week, reports show that people use
that time productively instead."

According to Harnish, "While telecommuting offers individuals who
can work from home a better work/life balance, it also offers
companies increases in productivity, higher satisfaction, and reduced
costs. Telecommuting also offers the community less highway
congestion, lower greenhouse gas pollution, and less dependence on
foreign oil."

Kate Lister is a former banker, venture capital consultant, and
home based business owner. Tom Harnish was a Consulting Scientist with
Booz, Allen & Hamilton, and Senior Scientist for the Online Computer
Library Center. Together they wrote Finding Money--The Small Business
Guide To Financing and The Directory of Venture Capital, also
published by John Wiley & Sons.

Undress4Success.com
Tom Harnish, 760-755-5026

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