Integrated panel with skylight, ventilation, solar hot water system and solar photovoltaic/lighting system

An integrated alternative energy roofing panel comprising:

• an upper frame element and a lower frame;
• a working fluid manifold attached to the upper frame element and the lower frame element, the manifold having a compartment sealed from the working fluid;
• a plurality of solar concentrator tubes supported by the upper frame element and the lower frame element and sealed thereto, each of the solar concentrator tubes terminating in a conducting metal sleeve extending beyond the upper frame element and the lower frame element into the manifold for transferring heat from the solar concentrator tubes to working fluid in the manifold;
• a transparent web bonded between adjacent solar concentrator tubes;
• a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) embedded in the web;
• a photovoltaic cell array mounted to a top surface of the manifold;
• a battery mounted in the compartment in the manifold and interconnected to the photovoltaic cell array and the LEDs;
• a safety glass panel having an infrared reflecting upper surface mounted to the lower frame element and sealed beneath the solar concentrator tubes to form a chamber, said chamber evacuated for enhanced thermal insulation;
• a Fresnel lens panel mounted to the upper frame element over the solar concentrator tubes to focus sunlight onto the solar concentrator tubes and sealed to form a second chamber;
• and,
• a shade panel mounted between the solar concentrator tubes and the safety glass panel and operable to reduce sunlight transmitted through the integrated panel.