Here are some updates, both from team members and the public.
First of all, Monday was a federal holiday, and a Solar Decathlon visitor told us that the Decathlon site was so crowded you could barely get inside any of the houses.
Second, even today the lines to tour solar homes are long, despite cold, rainy and windy weather. Apparently busloads of local high school students descended on the site today.
Most important, Show-Me Solar is creeping up in the rankings with two contests yet to go. Luke Sudkamp reports that
"WIth the cloudy weather we've turned off all unnecessary systems so we can maintain our temperature"
"We got 8th in lighting, tied with 3 other teams, and the architecture jury comments got back to us yesterday too. The best comment was that the light fixture in the bedroom didn't match the ones in the rest of the house. In reality, they are exactly the same it just has reading lights built in that you can't see."
Luke goes on to say "there was a team-only open house program last night so it was really good to visit the other houses and all their ideas."
In the meantime pre-contest favorite Virginia Tech, which led S&T by just two points yesterday, has dropped to 16th place and Illinois has, for the moment, snatched the lead from Team California (see blog story from Oct 10th, below).
Back to local highlights, Congresswoman Emerson was by for a tour Wednesday, and we understand that Representative Carnahan took time out his busy schedule to see the house earlier in the contest.
Engineering scores will be released tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m., and net metering will round on the scoring, and along with any possible penalty points, determine who will win the overall event.
Keep your fingers crossed!
Congratulations.
Great competition!