Working from home could be increasing the amount of Carbon dioxide pouring into the atmosphere from domestic properties.

Homes in Oxfordshire are emitting more than 700 million kg of CO2 a year, according to research by Saveonenergy.com.

The company also says having more people staying at home results in greater use of lighting, heating and electricity at home.

Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), show how energy efficient a property is, estimate utility bills and project the likely amount of carbon dioxide emitted by the property.

Using over 18 million EPCs, the company was able to review the locations across the UK where homes are emitting the most and least CO2.

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According to data from the EPCs, between the years 2018 and 2020 homes in Oxford were found to be emitting 786,355,000 million kg of CO2 every year.

Unsurprisingly, Oxford fell behind larger cities such as Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester and London – which came top, producing nearly 6 billion kg of CO2.

To put the statistics into perspective, a return flight from London to Perth in Australia creates 3,153 kg of CO2 per person.

An individual would need to fly 1,858,526 million times from London to Perth and back to produce the same amount of CO2 as London homes.

Homes in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland produced the lowest CO2 emissions, at just under three million kg – 5,857,290,000 kg less than London.