People in home office should probably be on 1600-1800.

If you're a 50 year old, 5' tall, 100 lbs lady, then sure.

The basal metabolic rate for a 30 year old male who is 5'10" and 160lbs is 1700 calories. So that's how many calories they burn by merely existing and breathing and being warmblooded. Your argument is that someone working from home only uses a max of an extra 100 calories a day over BMR? Doubtful.

"People" come in a lot of shapes, sizes and other activity levels. One-size-fits-all recommendations tend not to fit very many.

How does one's office environment relate to how many calories they consume?

If you lift weights or do other strenuous exercise 3-4k calories a day is needed. The trick with calories is just to not consume more than you are using if you don't want to gain weight.