Patent ID: 8418415

Claim:
A photovoltaic roofing assembly for installation on a roof of a building, the photovoltaic roofing assembly comprising: a plurality of discrete photovoltaic roofing elements, each comprising one or more photovoltaic elements affixed to a discrete roofing substrate; and a joining member comprising a batten, a lattice-type structure, or a foldable sheet, wherein the roofing substrates of the one or more photovoltaic roofing elements are affixed to the batten, the lattice-type structure, or the foldable sheet, and wherein the photovoltaic elements of one of the plurality of discrete photovoltaic roofing elements are electrically interconnected to the photovoltaic elements of another of the plurality of discrete photovoltaic roofing elements, and wherein the photovoltaic roofing assembly is not disposed on the roof.