Committee Meeting Schedule

All meetings are open to the student public. Please check back at the beginning of the Fall 2013 semester.

Congratulations!

HEIF would like to congratulate our two outgoing Student Managers, Justin Fricker and Alexs Chavez, for a job well done over the past academic year. HEIF thanks you and wishes you the best!

Are you a student interested in becoming a Voting Member on the HEIF Committee?

The HEIF Committee is made up of student, staff, and faculty voting members with a student majority. The Committee both directs the Fund to decrease the energy dependence of the campus and makes all project funding decisions. Some of these student voting members are selected by Associated Students at the beginning of each semester. Click on the link below to fill out an application to serve as Student Committee Voting Member or contact Justin Fricker at heif@humboldt.edu for more information.

http://humboldt.edu/associatedstudents/application

 

 

 

Look for new permanent compost bins on campus.  Save your banana peels and apple cores to contribute to our campus compost.  Composting not only diverts from the landfill, but creates a nutrient rich soil additive that is used on campus landscaping and is available to the community.  See the sign on the bins for a list of accepted materials.

 

 

Water Bottle Refill Stations

Awarded: $7,000

Submitted by: Jessica Lamb and Victor Reuther

There are now new water bottle refill stations installed on ten water fountains across campus.  Every time you refill your water bottle, it saves energy that is embedding in producing the bottles,  transporting the water, and even recycling the plastic. 

 

 

 

 

High Efficiency Faucet Aerators

Awarded: $3,000

Submitted by: Jessica Lamb and Victor Reuther

This proposal proves every little bit matters.  By changing campus restroom aerators from a flow rate of 2.2 gallons per minute to 0.5 gallons per minute the campus will save 1,200 therms of natural gas annually.  Using less water means heating less water.

Recycling Behavior Study

Awarded: $7,000

Submitted by: Oscar Azucena and Joel Bautista

In an effort to better understand recycling behavior HEIF is funding a waste diversion study.  This study is recording behavior response to different collection methods and container labels to find the most effective combination.  Together with student effort we hope to realize the highest 100% recycling diversion from classroom buildings on campus.