AI is silently draining the planet.

One ChatGPT query.

Enough energy to power an LED bulb for 12 minutes.

10,000 homes.

Could be powered for a day with the energy used by one day's worth of ChatGPT queries.

Most of those queries didn't need GPT-4.

But the default sent them there anyway.

EcoLogic

What if AI asked itself:
Do I really need the biggest model?

EcoLogic routes every question to the smallest model that can answer responsibly. Escalation is rare, justified, and visible. The energy saved is shown on every response.

Enter EcoLogic Default tier: ultra‑low energy.

How it works

Governance replaces guesswork: classify, route, and reveal.

Classify. A low‑energy model evaluates difficulty and risk.

Route. Easy stays on Tier 1, medium goes Tier 2, hard or high‑risk escalates.

Reveal. Every response shows energy used and saved versus ChatGPT.

Model tiers

The tiers are fixed. Escalation is a policy choice.

Tier 1 — Llama 3.2 3B

Very low energy · default

3 billion parameters, open‑source

Tier 2 — Llama 3.1 8B

Medium energy · open‑source

8 billion parameters, stronger reasoning

Tier 3 — GPT‑4o

High energy · reserved

~200B+ parameters, only when stakes demand it

Sources

Epoch AI (2025): Energy per ChatGPT query IEA (2025): Energy and AI