cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use this method or research package, please cite it."
title: "The Physical Cost of Useful AI Work: Task-normalized energy accounting for multi-step and agentic AI workflows"
type: report
authors:
  - family-names: "Critical Load Research Group"
year: 2026
month: 9
version: "0.9"
identifiers:
  - type: other
    value: "CL-WP-005"
notes: "Release candidate: methods + open-measurement synthesis. Critical Load primary benchmark telemetry not yet completed."