University of Alaska Fairbanks
PAE-5: Climate Plan

The 2008, UAF Campus Sustainability Recommendations from the Chancellor's Sustainability Transition Team July 2008 outlines goals to address climate change on a long term basis. It recommends signing the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment and the Talloires Declaration. One of the nine issues addressed is energy. The goals for energy are: Reduce UAF's net CO2 emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and Create a net zero CO2 emissions campus by 2060. Objectives are to promote energy conservation and produce and use renewable energy; many policies are associated with each objective. For example, the goals for transportation that are related are: increasing the fuel economy of the UAF fleet, reducing dependence on personal vehicles, reducing the number of flights taken and offsetting emissions or air travel and making the campus more compact and providing more housing close to campus for students, faculty and staff. In the 2010 Campus Master Plan, the UAF Campus Sustainability Recommendations from the Chancellor's Sustainability Transition Team's report is listed as a foundation for future sustainability efforts. From the 2010 Master Plan: "Sustainability will affect the triple bottom line of economy, environment and equity across all aspects of the university. A sustainability plan will be developed to supplement the CMP and map sustainability implementation actions for academics, research and operations. The following activities have already been accomplished and can serve as the foundation of future work: UAF Campus Sustainability: Recommendations from the Chancellor’s Sustainability Transition Team Draft Sustainability Plan created by Natural Resource Management students Honors Program student concept to retrofit a 1950s building on campus Chancellor pledged to achieve a better score on the College Sustainability Report Card."

The objectives under the energy goals list short term actions: 1) Reduce the fossil fuel consumption via more energy efficient technologies and behavioral changes focused on saving energy. Additional action items can be found in the final report at the URL listed below. The objectives under the transportation goals list short term action items. Reduce emissions from & dependence on personal vehicles by encouraging public and alternative transportation