EcoLogits

Tracks the energy consumption and environmental impacts of using generative AI models through APIs.
https://github.com/mlco2/ecologits

Keywords

genai generative-ai green-ai green-software llm llm-inference python sustainability sustainable-ai

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🌱 EcoLogits tracks the energy consumption and environmental footprint of using generative AI models through APIs.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mlco2/ecologits
• Owner: mlco2
• License: mpl-2.0
• Created: 2024-02-02T16:25:32.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2026-05-20T18:19:19.000Z (10 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-05-23T08:03:36.795Z (8 days ago)
• Topics: genai, generative-ai, green-ai, green-software, llm, llm-inference, python, sustainability, sustainable-ai
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://ecologits.ai/
• Size: 14.1 MB
• Stars: 285
• Watchers: 13
• Forks: 27
• Open Issues: 10
• Releases: 33
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: docs/contributing.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Citation: CITATION.cff

README.md

pip install ecologits

from ecologits import EcoLogits
from openai import OpenAI

# Initialize EcoLogits
EcoLogits.init(providers=["openai"])

client = OpenAI(api_key="<OPENAI_API_KEY>")

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-4o-mini",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Tell me a funny joke!"}
    ]
)

# Get estimated environmental impacts of the inference
print(f"Energy consumption: {response.impacts.energy.value.mean} kWh")
print(f"GHG emissions: {response.impacts.gwp.value.mean} kgCO2eq")

Citation (CITATION.cff)

cff-version: "1.2.0"
authors:
- family-names: Rincé
  given-names: Samuel
  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0739-6114"
- family-names: Banse
  given-names: Adrien
  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4456-6618"
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15601289
message: If you use this software, please cite our article in the
  Journal of Open Source Software.
preferred-citation:
  authors:
  - family-names: Rincé
    given-names: Samuel
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0739-6114"
  - family-names: Banse
    given-names: Adrien
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4456-6618"
  date-published: 2025-07-09
  doi: 10.21105/joss.07471
  issn: 2475-9066
  issue: 111
  journal: Journal of Open Source Software
  publisher:
    name: Open Journals
  start: 7471
  title: "EcoLogits: Evaluating the Environmental Impacts of Generative
    AI"
  type: article
  url: "https://joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/joss.07471"
  volume: 10
title: "EcoLogits: Evaluating the Environmental Impacts of Generative
  AI"

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