buildings. The university is planning to connect the geothermal system to nine additional buildings. The latest expansion is expected due to the passage of Colorado General Assembly bill SB23-250, sponsored by Barbara Kirkmeyer, Kyle Mullica, Marc Catlin, and Shannon Bird, which secured $6 million for further implementation of CMU's geothermal exchange system. The bill was signed into law by Governor Jared Polis on April 28, 2023.
In 2021, Western Governors Association launched the Heat Beneath our Feet initiative at CMU's Campus. The initiative's purpose is to "examine opportunities for and barriers to the increased deployment of geothermal energy technologies for both electricity generation and heating and cooling systems in western states, which contain the vast majority of high-yield geothermal energy capacity in the U.S."
== Organization and administration ==
The university is governed by a Board of Trustees, which has 13 trustees (11 voting and two non-voting). The voting members are appointed by Colorado's …
