In 2014, the HEIF committee allocated approximately $2,500 to the Cold Water Laundering Program which aimed to decrease hot water laundering among student residents by 50%. This initiative included surveying campus residents on their laundering habits, creating and installing signage in the resident laundry rooms to promote sustainable laundering habits, and converting some resident washing machines to cold water only.

This project piloted 3 different kinds of 'smart' shower heads to measure the impact on water use in residence halls. This was a pilot project implemented in Canyon Residence Halls, the results of which showed that water use data was difficult to retrieve and the devices were not designed for a continuous-use commercial-style application and therefore broke frequently. Due to these results, the devices were not implemented large scale across campus.

The HEIF committee allocated $8,000 for one semester to create and fund an energy analyst team which performed a range of behavioral outreach programs - including presentations and sign implementations - and energy analyses to measure results. The team expected to save roughly 44,100 kWh, $5,750, and 17,250 kgCO2 annually.

The Environmental Studies Club proposed a two-day Northern California Intercollegiate Climate Community Conference, which aims to bring together students, faculty, and staff from universities and colleges that often feel isolated. The conference seeks to address the urgent need for collaborative efforts to tackle climate change, and to provide a platform for sharing knowledge, experiences, and best practices among the participants. Each invited school will be requested to bring a presentation on their campus climate initiatives, accompanied by a faculty member and art.

This submitter proposed to bring five OZZI box drop n' go bins across campus to increase the return rate of OZZI boxes. The proposed budget for this project was $15,000. The committee decided after careful consideration and communication with Chartwells and other campus entities to not fund the addition of more OZZI box collection receptacles because the company was concurrently planning a $50k investment in upgrading the OZZI program to include three new box receptacles and to integrate C-Card functionality for tracking OZZI tokens.