Patent ID: 8857124

Claim:
A weatherproof building envelope for mounting to a sloped roof, comprising: quadrilateral weatherproof panels, each of the panels having a translucent top layer and a bottom layer with solar cells affixed between the top and bottom layers for providing solar power, each of the panels having a lower and an upper through opening at opposing corners of the panel in line with the sloped roof for receiving a fastener to mount each of the panels transversely in line with the sloped roof; and; a holding element having a top sealing panel and a base panel defining a slot opening therebetween for inserting the corner of a first panel of the quadrilateral panels with the upper through opening therein and for mounting the corner of a second panel of the quadrilateral panels with the lower through opening overlapping the first panel on a top surface of the top sealing panel and the upper and lower through openings of the first and second panels in alignment with each other for receiving a fastener to fixedly attach both the first and second panels to the sloped roof in a watertight engagement with each other, respectively.