1 Scope
This document provides a description of the main environmental
sustainability issues that organisations or individuals that
are developing and/or using Artificial Intelligence
( AI ) consider, in particular, in
the context of the European energy systems and resources.
It is important to have a focus where AI helps in optimization and virtual deployment of
engineering solutions [1], especially in Europe with limited natural resources. This document
reviews the European AI landscape, with a context of
environmental sustainability . This is addressed with a
focus on European-specific aspects of AI demands
for resources, as well as its potential to contribute to environmental
sustainability in Europe [2]. The document creates an inventory of
impacts and techniques to support environmentally sustainable use of
AI , and an equitable access to computation resources.
Suggested improvements in AI resource
management are focused on:
• reduction of the operational AI
energy consumption (see section 5)
• reduction of other AI
resource consumption (water, etc.) (see section 6)
The docume...