Just 5% of employed people in the UK worked from homein 2019.
But thatmay notbe the case.
Not everyone canafforda home office, nor the additional heating or internet bills.
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A sense of quiet and privacy tends to be lost when multiple people share a room.
Since the first lockdown house sales haveshot up, with June seeing themost sales since records began.
This, sadly, is bad news for sustainability.
More domestic space per person canincrease energy consumptionand suburban households typically havehigher carbon footprints.
Businesses that are currentlydownsizing their officescould offer discounts on spare itemslike Hootsuite did.
Or, they could reject the hybrid model and encourage home or office working only.
The movement out of cities andsmaller accommodationwas arguably bolstered by the UK governments stamp duty holiday, too.
The hybrid model of working is still emerging, and so it can be made more sustainable.
That means appropriate policies to support people moving out of cities and navigating flexible working arrangements.
