The project is being organized by Teletrips, a firm that has already launched similar pilot projects in five U.S. cities. Teletrips has developed software that tracks the number of trips employees save by working at home and calculates their carbon savings based on detailed information about their vehicles. The provincial government, which has been an outspoken opponent of Canadian participation in the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, hopes telecommuting -- even if just for one or two days a week -- could be both an environmental and economic boon.
From www.gristmagazine.com