Sustainably intelligent: Ai for a greener built world

In Q1 2024, we released our highly-publicised whitepaper Sustainably Intelligent: AI for a Greener Built World.

In it, we identify that if each employee within the real estate sector were to use generative AI tools equivalent to ChatGPT-4 for an average of one hour each day, the processing would consume enough energy (and resultant carbon emissions) to match 188,560 passengers flying one-way between New York and London each year.

But what environmental benefits are generated by the use of AI, and can its carbon footprint be offset? Overwhelmingly.