The Week in Green Software: Green AI Tradeoffs

Podcast: Environment Variables · Green Software Foundation

Opublikowano: 2026-04-16

Host Kate Goldenring is joined by Chris Adams to explore how the Software Carbon Intensity (SCI) standard can help companies meet new EU sustainability reporting requirements, shifting green software from best practice to audited obligation. They also discuss research on “green prompting,” showing that specific words can significantly impact AI energy use, along with new tools that reveal real-time energy consumption in AI workflows. They close by examining how rising AI demand is increasing hardware costs and disrupting the refurbished laptop market. Learn more about our people: Chris Adams: LinkedIn | GitHub | WebsiteKate Goldenring: LinkedIn | Website<br...