How does EcoRouter reduce AI energy consumption?

EcoRouter reduces AI energy consumption by applying the principle of using only as much AI as a task actually needs. It does this through three main methods:

• Intelligent Routing: For every question, EcoRouter evaluates the task and routes it to the most efficient model capable of providing a high-quality answer, rather than automatically defaulting to the largest or most energy-intensive models.
• Knowledge Sequestration and Reuse: Instead of regenerating answers, EcoRouter preserves useful, verified information. If a question can be answered using an existing saved answer, it provides that instead of using compute power to generate a new response from scratch.
• Efficient Modes: You can choose between Eco, Balanced, and Max modes, which allows you to influence how much computation is applied to your requests.

Every answer includes an EcoReceipt, which provides a modeled, low-confidence estimate of the electricity used to run the model for that specific answer, compared against a frontier-model baseline. You can find more details on how these estimates are calculated at https://www.ecorouter.io/methodology.