Field guide

Same work, smaller footprint.

Practical, research-backed ways to cut the energy, carbon and water behind AI-generated content — from one-click habits to model-builder tweaks. Tap a card for the detail and the source.

14 ideas

Same work, smaller footprint.

Reach for a still before a clip

Keep clips short

Generate at the resolution you need

Nail the prompt before you spam generate

Use a lighter model for drafts

Prefer a model whose footprint is known

Run where the grid is clean

Schedule for greener hours

Batch your generations

Reuse and cache instead of regenerating

Use fewer denoising steps

Quantize — but verify it actually helps

Enable diffusion caching

Measure it, then report it