Patent ID: 8196369

Claim:
A building integrated thermal electric hybrid roofing system, comprising: a plurality of metal battens mounted horizontally onto a plurality of wooden battens that is mounted vertically across a roof, each of the plurality of metal battens includes a longitudinal channel that extends in a longitudinal direction; a thermal tubing containing liquid mounted and extending on the longitudinal channels of each of the plurality of metal battens; a plurality of solar electric roof tiles mounted on the plurality of metal battens, each of the plurality of solar electric roof tiles is connected in series and each of the series connections forms a string; an inverter connected to each of the strings for converting DC electricity fed from the plurality of solar electric roof tiles to AC electricity; a heat exchanger connected to the thermal tubing; a pump connected between the thermal tubing and the heat exchanger for circulating the liquid through the thermal tubing; and a separate photovoltaic module and a cold water supply operatively connected to said pump for an independent working of the thermal systems; and whereby the thermal tubing and the plurality of solar electric roof tiles operate simultaneously to generate domestic hot water and electricity respectively.