NOTE: The current version of this tool is optimized for Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser,versions 4.0 and later. It is strongly recommended that you use Internet Explorer at this time as behavior is erratic in Netscape Navigator. Also, please do not hit "Reload" in your browser window as this will reset the tool and you will have to start over from the beginning. Future updates will address these issues, and we apologize for anyinconvenience this may cause. | Introduction: This site enables users to estimate the net environmental impacts of telework as well as non-telework and telework impacts separately, as they relate to transportation, electronic and electrical equipment use at home and in the office, lighting use at home and in the office and heating and cooling at home and in the office. Thistool is divided into a non-telecommuting and a telecommuting part. Ifone is not a telecommuter, one can still use the tool to quantify the relevantimpacts by answering the non-telecommuting portions of this survey. Thetool is based on data from the USA, and it quantifies airemissions. The primary data sources for this tool are the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,Environmental Defense, and the U.S. Department of Energy. This site will be updated on a regular basis.
In order to obtain the keyword and password necessary to use the "Telework Estimation Tool" please contact Erasmia Kitou at erasmus@cal.berkeley.edu |
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