Patent ID: 8733038
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: E04F,F24S,H01L,H02S,Y02B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A method for installing a photovoltaic roofing or siding system on a building, the method comprising: installing on the building a plurality of rigid roofing or siding substrates, each rigid roofing or siding substrate having a top surface, the top surface having one or more receptor zones and one or more areas adjacent the one or more receptor zones, each receptor zone having a different surfacing than the area of the top surface adjacent to it, and wherein no photovoltaic element is affixed in the one or more receptor zones; then disposing one or more photovoltaic elements on the one or more receptor zones of the top surface of each rigid roofing or siding substrate, wherein each receptor zone of each rigid roofing or siding substrate is defined by an uncoated of mer material having a releasable liner disposed thereon and being adapted to receive one or more of the photovoltaic elements on the uncoated polymer material, and wherein the method includes, for each of the receptor zones, removing the releasable liner after installing each rigid roofing or siding substrate on the building and before disposing the one or more photovoltaic elements on the receptor zone.