Brussels pushes remote working to ease energy crisis

European Commission also recommends heat pumps and public transport subsidies

https://www.ft.com/content/bbc9c31e-cc43-41a6-8fb7-057d44b25a21

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One interesting 'winner' from working from home has been the ME group's subdivision WashME that install washing machines in third party locations (such as retailers or petrol stations); a sort of revival of the old laundrette.

Seemingly, those working from home no longer want clothes drying in the work environment, and indeed may not have the space for a washing machine & so are increasingly using such quasi-laundrettes.... perhaps a new location for office romances?

#WorkingFromHome
h/t FT

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Special desk for people who work at home with a cat

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So the International Energy Agency is arguing that other than flying less & driving slower, the best bet for developed countries to dal with the upheavals in the energy market caused by the US/Israeli attacks on Iran (and Iran's reprisals) is to expand working from home...

There's a lot of managers who are going to be annoyed by such high profile advice (not least as it will save them little if any money, unlike their employees).

#workers #WorkingFromHome #Iran
h/t FT

National Car Parks (who stated out converting WW2 bomb-sites into car parks) has gone into administration after post-Covid shifts in the way we works & shop has so reduced the use of car parks that they are unable to make a profit - which for an essentially rentier business is surprising.

It will continue trading while some sort of future for the business is resolved... but it looks like the end of an era (in some ways).

#CarParks #politics #WorkingFromHome
h/t FT