Applicants chosen from 14 schools across California and the country were given $100,000 in seed money, and a year-and-a-half to raise more and put together the engineering teams to fully realize their home builds. Now, they'll be competing to see which squad built the most sustainable home, and winners of the Decathlon will get the satisfaction of victory over some of their best and brightest peers. The teams are comprised mostly of college students, some of them local like Cal Poly Pomona, UC Irvine, and CSU Long Beach, but the competition also includes students from as far east as Virginia and Tennessee — even one team from China — who have traveled to Costa Mesa to show off their engineering skills. Read More