Publications produced by and for the University shall be simple, low in cost, and consistent. Publications shall be printed on recycled paper whenever it meets specific printing needs and shall be printed on both sides of the paper. The chief procurement officer will develop procurement procedures to implement this policy in accordance with applicable law and sound business practices. A prime example of minimizing resource use is our efforts to reduce electrical energy demand. UAA is currently exploring partnership contracts with electrical systems upgrade firms to further increase our savings.
Projected savings are then to be used to fund the energy saving upgrades.
We expect a contract to be issued the summer of 2001 to begin this project as all necessary university and regulatory approvals have been secured. As a twenty-first century university, UAA makes extensive use of electronic communications and delivery. The combined network and computational resources of the university exceeds all other private and public operations in Alaska. This does not just pertain to e-mail. Many of UAA's various newsletters, brochures, schedules, catalogs, etc., are web based.