In-office days per week
On average, how many days per week will each employee work from the office?
2 days/week
2 days/week
Where do people live?
Household carbon footprint is ~25% higher in suburbs than in urban cores (Jones 2013). More work-from-home may result in people moving to the suburbs.
Commuting
People living the suburbs will have farther to commute. And they tend to drive, rather than take public transit to work, which is more carbon intensive per mile of travel.
Urban core
- By car
- 45%
- By public transit
- 34%
- By walking or biking
- 21%
Suburbs
- By car
- 86%
- By public transit
- 14%
- By walking or biking
- 0%
Urban core
- By car
- 39%
- By public transit
- 40%
- By walking or biking
- 21%
Suburbs
- By car
- 86%
- By public transit
- 14%
- By walking or biking
- 0%
Office space
Larger offices consume more electricity and natural gas.
Clean power
You can choose to buy zero-emission electricity for your office and employee homes (like Segment).
Round-trip flights per year
How many round-trip flights does each employee take per year on average?
Average distance per flight
As a point of reference, the flight distance from San Francisco to New York is ~2600 miles.
Flight cabin class
Business class flights are ~2x more carbon intensive per passenger-mile than economy class.