Telecommuting and Sustainability

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Definition • Telework – any form of • Teleworker – anyone who works remotely • Telecommuter– an office worker who periodically (one or more days per week) works remotely “All telecommuters are teleworkers, but not vice versa” -- Jack Nilles

Telework vs. Alternative Fuels • Half-time Telework Would Save 453 million barrels of oil a year – Equivalent of 764 tWh • Twice what U.S. produced in: – Biomass, Liquid Biofuels, Geothermal, Solar, Hydr o, Marine, and Wind combined in 2007

My Road Less Traveled • Just Say No To Pantyhose / Neck Ties • 20+ Years Working at Home – Barnstorming – What’s Next?

Telework Research • 250+ Studies • Researchers, Advocates, Naysayers • Employers, Employees, VC’s Our research has been cited in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, Fortune and many other publications.

Telework Savings Calculator • Used by legislators, community advocates, and Fortune 500 companies in U.S. and Canada to promote telework initiatives • Available for every City, County, Metro Area, Congressional District, State in U.S. • Savings -Community: Oil, greenhouse Telework Savings Calculator gases, traffic, highway maintenance Undress4Success.com -Company: Real Estate, Absenteeism, Turnover, Produc tivity

Telework Savings Calculator - Sources • American Community Survey (Interim • National Association of Child Care Census) Resource & Referral Agencies • Telework Adoption and Energy Use in • Energy Information Building and Transport Sectors in the Administration, Petroleum Supply Annual United States and Japan - Matthews and • U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Williams Information Administration, Household • Journal of Infrastructure Systems Electricity Reports • U.S. General Services Administration • Federal Highway Administration Traffic • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Safety Facts - National Highway Safety & • U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics Travel Administration Omnibus Household Survey • Hewitt LCG, Nucleus Absence Overview • The Quiet Success: Telecommuting’s and 2005 CCH Unscheduled Absence Impact on Transportation and Beyond ( Survey Reason Foundation) • American Management Association • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Productivity Studies • Collier's International Parking Study • U.S. Telework Coalition • The Internet and the New Energy • WorldatWork, Member survey: Attraction Economy (Joseph Romm ,Center for Energy and and Retention Practices Climate Solutions, Global Environment and Technology • CommuteSolutions.org Foundation)

Custom Savings Calculator TeleworkResearchNetwork.com • Total # of employees • % Reduction in absences • # Teleworkers • % of employees who quit each year • Days / week they will telework • % improvement in retention • Additionalemployees who could • Assumed improvement in work at home productivity • Roundtrip miles to work • Average annual earnings of • Roundtrip commute in minutes teleworkers • Other employee Savings • Other company savings • $ per gallon of gas • % Who could work at home • % teleworker offices that are • % of people who want to telework eliminated • % Daily travel reduction • Cost per kWh of electricity • Parking, Lunch, Work Clothes • Cost/per office • Other Individual Savings/Year • Cost of losing an employee • Day CareCosts • Cost of unscheduled absences

San Diego County Potential $ Impact of 472,000 San Diego Telecommuters: - Corporate: $3 Billion - Consumer: $5 Billion - Community: $4 Billion Nationally: Over $750 Billion/Year

Corporate Bottom Line Impact • Real Estate Savings $1.2 B - IBM slashed real estate costs by $50 million - Dow Chemical and Nortel save over 30% on non-real estate costs - Average real estate $10,000 per employee per year • Electricity $54M • Absenteeism $212M - 78% of people who call in sick aren’t. • Turnover $22M - 95% of employers say telework has a significant impact on attrition • Productivity $1.9 B Total Corporate Impact: $3.4 B + Carbon Taxes, Access Taxes, Clean Air Initiatives

Teleworker Impact • Vehicle Savings $1,980 • Parking, Food, Clothes, Misc. $2,558 to $11,222 • Daycare $1,500 to $4,000 Total Consumer Savings: $4,500 to $11,000/Yr - not including daycare + 2-3 extra weeks of free time

Community Bottom Line • Imported Oil Savings $4.2 Billion • Accident Costs $172 Million (1,400 people) • Higher Productivity • Better Emergency Responsiveness • Fuller Employment • Highway Maintenance $29 Million • 15,000 Homes Powered • Reduced Human Congestion • Beautifies Cities

Environment • Barrels of Oil: – Locally: 4.3 million barrels / yr – Nationally 57% of Gulf Imports • Greenhouse Gases: – Locally: 793,000 tons/yr – Nationally equivalent to removing 15 million cars

Other Great Reasons To Stay Home • Continuity of Operations • Improve Work/Life - Pandemic, Terrorism, Natural Balance disaster - A third of people surveyed say - 75% of teleworkers feel they they’d take working from home could continue to work in the event over a pay raise of a disaster (compared to 12% of non-telewokers) • Slow Brain Drain • Expand Labor Pool - 75% of retirees want to work past retirement, but they want - part-timers, retirees, rural to do it on their terms workers, disabled, caregivers • Increase Productivity •Gen Y Motivator - 20-45% increase in productivity - Flexible work scores high - 30% increase in sales

Playing in Traffic San Diego: 16% fewer cars on the highways “For every car you take off the road, there’s a 3x reduction in congestion.”

Ripple Effect • Less Travel – Teleconferencing / Video Conferencing – Remote Training / Webinars • Less Construction • Less Office Equipment / Toxic Waste • Less Paper – 10% could power 228,000 homes – reduce emissions equiv to 279,000 cars – reduce waste by 44,000 garbage trucks – reduces 16,000 Olympic pools worth of wastewater – save 13 million trees

Road Blocks • Management Attitudes • Security Concerns – Over 90% of IT managers say telework isn’t the problem • Costs -Average cost : $300 to $3,900 / first year teleworker (compared to $7,900 savings) - GSA shows 300% ROI - NCR and Lucent: savings double the costs. - Nortel: costs offset by the reduction in absenteeism alone • Not for Everyone

Green Light • Business Leadership • Political Leadership – Relax Zoning Laws – Avoid Double Taxation – Health Insurance – Ubiquitous Broadband / WiFi • Cost per highway mile = $44 million • Cost per information highway mile = $20k

Models for Success Federal Highways Authority / Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality (2.2 billion allocation not spent. Expires 2012) • Telework.gov – Tax Credits:$20k for • Telework VA feasibility, Tax Credits: $1,200 – Grants up to $3,500 per per employee employee ,$10,000 for • Oregon equipment, $25,000 for – Up to $30,000 tax credits consulting • AZ, CT, Seattle, Denver, LA/Oran • Georgia ge/Ventura Counties

Undress For Success: The Naked Truth About Making Money at Home (Wiley, April 2009) • “You could spend years with focus groups assemble cross-functional teams to study and recommend organizational changes, or simply read Undress For Success.” – Jack Heacock, co-founder of the Telework Coalition • “The best collection of telework how-to’s and why’s I’ve seen anywhere.” – Jim Ware, co-founder of The Future of Work • Bob Fortier, President of Canadian Telework Association • Marcia Rhoades, WorldatWork • Laura Vanderkam, USA Today Reporter • Cali Williams Yost, Fast Company Expert

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