Americans are spending more time at home, and it's saving a lot of energy

Americans are spending more time at home, and it's saving a lot of energy

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Researchers have identified a positive trade-off for the rise in online shopping, our consumption of streaming video, and employees working from home. Despite increasing the amount of residential energy demand, the decrease in travel and use of non-residential spaces was responsible for a net 1,700 trillion bTU in energy savings for the United States in 2012, 1.8 percent of the national total.

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