Ohio State’s solar decathlon team has finished its first-ever US Departement of Energy Solar Decathlon Competition ranked in tenth place. Here is a breakdown of the team’s success in each category:

1. Architecture – 8^th place. 82 out of 100 possible points

2. Market Viability – 4^th place. 91 out of 100 possible points

3. Engineering – 10^th place. 84 out of 100 possible points

4. Lighting Design – 16^th place. 57.75 out of 75 possible points

5. Communication – 5^th place.  64.5 out of 75 possible points

6. Comfort Zone – 4^th place. 82.36 out of 100 possible points

7. Hot Water – 16^th place.  62.25 out of 100 possible points

8. Appliances – 18^th place. 51.275 out of 75 possible points

9. Home Entertainment – 17^th place. 60.492 out of 100 possible points.

10. Net Metering – 7^th place. 101.323 out of 150 possible points

Team Germany won the overall decathlon, followed by the University of Illinois and Team California.  More information on scores in all 10 decathlon competitions can be found here: http://www.solardecathlon.org/scoring/index.cfm