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By Gemma Simpson, 21 November 2007 16:16

NEWS

Homeworking

Missing out the morning commute is often touted as one way to help cut carbon emissions and save money on power bills too. And that means greater reliance on technology to make sure workers at home stay connected.

Green IT from A to Z

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A is for Abroad
B is for Blades
C is for Carbon footprint
D is for Data centres
E is for Energy sources
F is for Freecycle
G is for Government
H is for Homeworking
I is for Ice caps
J is for Jobs (Steve)
K is for Kilowatts
L is for Landfill
M is for Mercury
N is for Nanogeneration
O is for Offsetting
P is for Paperless office
Q is for Queen
R is for Recycling
S is for SmartPlanet.com
T is for Travel
U is for Upgrade
V is for Virtualisation
W is for WEEE
X is for Xmas
Y is for You
Z is for Zero emissions

But a report from the Energy Saving Trust (EST) recently warned homeworkers to keep their energy consumption down when working from home (WFH) to make sure this budding eco-friendly method does not become an eco-foe.

Homeworking is extremely popular with tech professionals, judging by a recent silicon.com poll, with nearly a third (29 per cent) of respondents saying they WFH every day.

The silicon.com team of reporters even had a bash at virtual working themselves with our great working from home experiment earlier this year.

But so far working from home does not seem to be the top of most CEOs' agendas, with 47 per cent of business managers saying their company does not allow remote or teleworking and less than two-fifths (38 per cent) allow staff to work remotely or from home under certain circumstances, according to recent research.