CCAT’s main house/building structure was relocated during construction of the BSS building and during the relocation of the building structure, an existing solar thermal system had to be removed. Once the relocation effort of the building was completed, HEIF allocated approximately $16,643 to install two new evacuated tube panels on the roof of the Campus Center for Appropriate Technology(CCAT) and data monitoring equipment in order to maintain the pre-existing solar thermal technology.

 It was in Spring 2008 that RESU proposed to HEIF a request for funding required to complete Phase II of the SoRMS project. To make the system fully compatible with NREL’s MIDC, HEIF approved funding to purchase an ethernet jack to enable remote data acquisition from the station, and to purchase a third pyranometer for the system which will allow RESU to send a pyranometer to NREL for calibration without a disruption in data collection. 

 In Spring 2010, HEIF received a proposal to “virtualize” 40 of Humboldt’s computer servers into four newer ones. Rapid advances in computer technology enables this consolidation, and for HEIF the new machines’ increased efficiency and fewer total number results in a net savings of electricity and reduced air conditioning of server rooms.

In 2013, the Humboldt Energy Independence Fund (HEIF) allocated a little over $5,000 to fund HEIF Art (HArt) Day. The primary goal of HArt Day was to generate awareness about issues that HEIF values and to suggest alternative behavior changes that will assist the sustainability development of our campus as well as our planet.

This project provides funding for Humboldt campus departments/areas/offices that have completed a Green Workplace Assessment with the student group Green campus. Money is intended to fund energy efficient equipment that Green Campus identifies as being outdated or in need of replacement in order to achieve energy savings and energy efficiency. This project was defunded in 2024 because no projects were ever identified as being appropriate for this match funding.

This project provides LED lamps, autoswitching power strips, and socket timers to individual offices as a part of the Green Campus Green Workplace Assessment process, in order for the campus to gain actual kWh/year savings. This project was defunded in 2024 because small widgets such as LED desk lamps, power strips, and socket timers have not been used in many years and no longer align with campus needs and systems. 

The service provides a virtual space for the Humboldt community to list items for sale. Similar to Craigslist, however you must have an Humboldt email to participate. This project was defunded because the company went out of business in 2023.

In Spring 2016 Bryann Allen, Austin Anderson, and Solomon Clark from the Renewable Energy Student Union (RESU) proposed to replace the old natural gas water heater with an electric heat pump water heater with solar thermal coil preheating in the CCAT house. In total there is one outdoor unit and one indoor unit. The RHEEM hybrid electric air-to-water heat pump system provides hot water to both levels of the house. The electric heat pump and solar preheat system replaces the inefficient natural gas water heater which had a broken coil.

This project proposed building a perminant cover for the EarthTub composter to keep water out and employees and equipment dry.This project was defunded because the Earth Tub is being retired from use as campus pivots to a new in-vessel unit that will process a larger volume of material at the J Dining Hall.

The purpose of the WRRAP Electric Bike project was to provide a reliable and suitable form of transportation for the Compost Squad from the Waste Reduction and Resource Awareness Program (WRRAP) to collect organic material within the Cal Poly Humboldt campus.Read More Here: Final Report