To encourage the 2002 Solar Decathletes to add students in communications to their teams, the Graphics and Communications Contest asked them to create media and house tours that explained the designs of their homes, including the solar energy and energy efficiency technologies.
For this contest, each team had to develop:
Basic subjective criteria for the Graphics and Communications Contest included:
The University of Colorado won this contest with a total score of 93.077 points out of 100 possible points. Here are the scores they received for each part of the contest:
You can learn more about the University of Colorado's home and team.