Assumptions

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Telecommuting Workforce Assumptions / Data Sources

• Size of workforce and existing work at home workforce numbers comes from the U.S. Census Bureau – Means of Transportation To Work 2008 American Community Survey.

• Percent Who Could Work At Home = 40% (excludes those who do)
• Percent who want to telecommute = 79%
• Roundtrip Minutes to Work = 52
• Number of days/week each worker telecommutes = 2.5 (roughly the national average for those who do)
• Number of workweeks/yr = 50

Telecommuting Fuel and Greenhouse Gas Savings Assumptions

• Reduced Driving on Telecommuting Days = 75% For an explanation of how gasoline can produce more than three times its weight in greenhouse gases, visit Energy Information Administration – How Gas Is Formed

Telecommuting Savings Assumptions

• Productivity Increase = 27%
• Reduction in Real Estate = 18%
• Reduction in Office Building Electricity = 18% (net of home office electricity)
• Reduction in unscheduled absences = 63%
• Reduction in attrition = 25%

Telecommuting Individual Savings Assumptions

• Commuting miles saved / per person = 30
• MPG = 20.3
• $ Saved per person in gas / yr assumes ($/gallon varies with the market)
• IRS Mileage reimbursement $.55/mile plus a premium/discount for current gas prices (included in total personal savings)
• Non-Auto Savings are net of costs that would be incurred at home for food and home office electricity

Telecommuting Community Savings Assumptions

• Injury and Fatality per 100,000 Vehicle Miles
• Cost Per Mile for Highway Maintenance per CommuteSolutions.org — using just the improvement, repair, maintenance, and operations numbers