Competition
Competition Overview
Sustainability & Resilience
The Sustainability and Resilience Jury reviews and evaluates team deliverables and the model home.
Architecture & Interior Design
The Architecture and Interior Design Jury reviews and evaluates team deliverables and the model home.
Engineering & Construction
The Engineering and Construction Jury reviews and evaluates team deliverables and the model home.
Communications & Marketing
The Communications and Marketing Jury reviews and evaluates team deliverables and the public exhibit experience.
Market Potential
The Market Potential Jury reviews and evaluates team deliverables and the model home.
Innovation
Each of the juries for Contests 1-5 reviews and evaluates innovation incorporated into the model home related to their respective areas of expertise.
Energy Efficiency
Design and build a model home with no greater than a 40 HERS Index (e.g., minimum 60% less net annual site electricity consumption than a standard benchmark house).
Water Use & Conservation
Design and build a model home with no greater than a 40 HERSH2O Index (e.g., minimum 60% less annual water consumption than a standard benchmark house).
Health & Comfort
Demonstrate that whole house systems, bathroom facilities, and plumbing systems and components function as intended and are installed and configured per the construction documentation.
Lighting & Appliances
Demonstrate that lighting system components, kitchen and laundry appliances, home office systems and components, security systems and components, and electronic entertainment systems and components function as intended and are installed and configured per the construction documentation.
The OCSD Decathlon
Juried contest scores are assigned by groups of subject-matter experts. Performance rating and performance verification contest scores are assigned by the Competition Director.
Jury and Competition Director evaluation activities begin off-site before contest week and continue through contest week. Final contest scores are announced during formal award ceremonies during contest week.
