This study has analyzed different proposals for implementing teleworking based on a series of mobility and air quality data in Barcelona, which were obtained during the confinement.
The study was based on data obtained from an air quality model, and also on measurements from the stations of the Atmospheric Pollution Monitoring and Forecasting Network (XVPCA), which the Barcelona Metropolitan Area recorded during the confinement caused by the pandemic.
This study proposed three possible scenarios based on the implementation of two, three or four days a week of teleworking, and studied the changes in pollution with an air quality model for each.
The first of the scenarios proposes a model in which teleworking was done two days a week, which would reduce pollutant emissions related to traffic by 5% and consequently NO2 levels by 4%.
The second scenario would consist of teleworking 3 days a week, which would reduce emissions by 10% and NO2 levels by 8%, while also reducing work-related travel by 25%.
The third scenario, teleworking 4 days a week, would reduce traffic emissions by 15% and NO2 levels by 10%.