Roofing panel

• Main Authors: BARSUN STEPHAN K, BOURNE RICHARD C
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.04.2008
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BUILDING; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; GUTTERS; ROOF COVERINGS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SKY-LIGHTS

A roofing panel is provided with a deck having an upper surface that forms a plurality of tubing channels, tubing positioned within the tubing channels, and an upper roofing layer covering the deck, plate layer and tubing. The roofing layer may also have a photovoltaic array panel. The roofing panel may also have a plurality of truss braces, each truss brace being affixed to a lower surface of the deck. In some embodiments, the truss braces are positioned within one of a plurality of truss brace channels formed in a lower surface of the deck. The truss braces have a lower end that terminates in at least one projection extending from a bottom edge of the deck and an upper end forming an opening for slidingly receiving a lower end of a truss brace of an adjacent panel.