Energy and Impact Methodology
Summary
Methodology for estimating AI energy use, renewable energy matching, and climate restoration funding.
Key quotes
Viro currently measures operational energy from inference—the electricity used when generating responses to user prompts.
We treat renewable procurement as structural fossil displacement, not carbon accounting.
All remaining profits support climate restoration projects.
Our goal is not to claim zero impact, but to redirect AI usage toward renewable energy generation and ecological restoration.
Claims using this source
This documentation outlines Viro’s approach to estimating the energy consumption of AI queries, mapping it to renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and hydro, and funding climate restoration efforts. It emphasizes the focus on inference energy, token-based estimation, and avoidance of carbon offsets, while encouraging transparency and community feedback to refine its methodology.