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Smart futures for the ACT region: Telecommuter hubs feasibility study
Help us help you achieve a better lifestyle/business/community
Sustaining Our Towns is funded by the NSW Environmental Trustwww.sustainingourtowns.org.au/
The problem: commuting costs people, employers and the community
Source: ABS Census
Approximately 36% of working age population
of Palerang
Costs: People
• Health impacted by stress• Work-life balance – less time• Job opportunities limited to those within
commuter distance• Large ecological footprint – especially for rural
residents• Petrol and other travel costs
Costs: Employers
• Parking provision• Office space and facilities• Environmental footprint –
corporate responsibility• Productivity and
absenteeism• Recruitment and retention
of staff – limited to commutable distance
Costs: Community
• Traffic & pollution• Accident & injury• Loss of participation in local economies• Loss of participation in local communities• Higher road maintenance and greater use of public
facilities• Larger environmental footprint
Is increased tele-working a solution?
Impact Change Approx value ($m)
Time savings 20 million hrs in commuting
630
Fuel savings 120 million litres of fuel 160
Carbon emissions avoided
320 000 million tonnes of CO2 e
6
Congestion costs avoided
5% fall in traffic 470
Overall value of 10% of population teleworking 50% of the time is $1.2 billion.
Source: Impacts of Teleworking under the NBN , Access Economics (July 2010)
Teleworking is working all or part of the time away from your employers’ office. Teleworkers work from home, in their cars or at tele-centres.
What might it look like?
• More employers facilitating their employees to work from home more often
• Modest re-fit to multi-function community centres etc to provide technological access for community, tele-workers, training etc
• Purpose-built centres in regional centres with priority NBN access, professional office surroundings, services, libraries and co-location of local business
A range of models including:
Our project
1. Recruit champions & engage local community
2. On-line survey of potential users’ needs, barriers & opportunities
3. Research ACT employer needs, barriers & opportunities
4. Research hub options and costs in Bungendore region
5. Develop business plan / feasibility report
Employers: Australian Federal GovernmentDept Broadband, Communications
& Digital Economy
Policy
Plans/Procedures
Practice
Digital economy Goals(includes teleworking)
Roll-out of NBN
Whole of Government ICT Workforce Plan(Includes mobility strategy and teleworking policy)
Australian Public Service Commission
Secretaries ICT Governance Board
Teleworking Unit
Anecdotal evidence of isolated cases of teleworking across the Public Service.
Other EmployersEmployer Relevant Policy
NSW Government Recommitment to decentralisation
ACT Government Commitment to cut 40% of 1990 greenhouse gas emissions by 2020
Local government Anecdotal evidence of tele-commuting
Private sector NAB, American Express, IBM – utilise remote or tele-working
Our strategy
• The Sustaining Our Towns feasibility study (with Bungendore region focus) is a way to answer the question – are there enough push factors that such an initiative could be viable in the short to medium future?
• If yes, work with Regional Development Australia Southern Inland and SEROC to develop a regional study and proposal to fund infrastructure costs
Are you a potential tele-commuter?
• Fill out our survey, here or on-line• Join our email list• Become a champion within your organisation
Are you a potential business collaborator?
• Join our email list• Let’s talk!• Become a local champion for our project!
Teleworking resources
• APSC Teleworking for ITC staff http://www.apsc.gov.au/publications10/ictretention.pdf
• NSW Government RTA Tele-working Manual (includes everything about setting up in your workplace) http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/usingroads/traveldemandmanagement/teleworking/index.html
• Tele-working clip http://www.nbn.gov.au/media-centre/videos/do-something-chairman-jon-dee/
Barriers & Opportunities: People
• Have to make changes to lifestyles and timetables
• Potential to feel isolated
• Balance changes in where you shop/access other facilities with more time and increased availability of local facilities
• Greater use of social networks, Tele-commuter centres and existing local facilities
Barriers and Opportunities: Employers
• Trust
• Security• Reliability of technology• Set-up costs
• Increases with greater experience of tele-commuting
• No real issues• NBN rollout• Less than savings
Barriers and Opportunities: Community
• Lack of available office space
• Lack of office services• Local shopping/
business limitations
• Refit existing buildings, look to funding purpose built
• Business opportunity!!• Business opportunity!!