Commercial roof
AssigneeSolivus Limited
InventorsJoanna Parker-Swift, James Baker, Ciaran Cotter
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Abstract
A roof panel comprising a rigid sheet (1) of material for forming a structural roof. The sheet is formed with a plurality of ridges (2), and a flexible solar material (6) attached along at least one of the ridges. The maximum height of at least one ridge (2) above the lowermost plane of the sheet is greater than 50 cm. A method of forming the roof panel comprises forming through holes (11) in the metal sheet, adhering a flexible solar material (6) along at least one of the ridges, and miming electrical connections (7) to the solar panel through the holes to the underside of the ridges (2).
Claims12
A roof panel comprising:
- a rigid sheet of material for forming a structural roof, the rigid sheet of material being formed with a plurality of ridges having alternating crests and troughs, and strips of flexible solar material attached along a plurality of the crests of the ridges, wherein the strips of flexible solar material does not extend across the troughs between adjacent ridges of the plurality of ridges;
- wherein the maximum height of at least one of the ridges above a lowermost plane of the rigid sheet of material is greater than 50 cm,
- wherein each ridge is wide enough that it can accommodate, along its length, one of the strips of flexible solar material which is at least 1m wide, and
- at least one inverter accommodated in one of the ridges on an underside of the roof panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.