Carnegie Mellon University's Green Design Institute recently completed a study that found e-commerce retail results in over 30% less energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions compared to traditional brick and mortar retailing. The biggest contributor to online retail’s lower energy use and carbon dioxide emissions, versus traditional retail, is substantially less customer transportation (primarily automobile) to and from various traditional retail stores and less trucks involved in product distribution. A summary of the report and Carnegie Mellon's press release provide additional details.
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