Patent ID: 8887453

Claim:
A building integrable photovoltaic module comprising: a photovoltaic insert comprising a support sheet and one or more photovoltaic cells positioned on the support sheet; and a base tray comprising a base sheet and two or more ventilation ribs protruding from the base sheet and towards the support sheet of the photovoltaic insert creating one or more ventilation channels, the one or more ventilation channels each having a length, the base tray extending a distance in the same direction as the lengths of the one or more ventilation channels, the distance being greater than the lengths of the one or more ventilation channels, the one or more ventilation channels each having at least a first height and a second height, the first height and the second height being different such that each of the one or more ventilation channels is tapered along its length from the first height to the second height, the base tray attached to the photovoltaic insert along at least one or more edges of the photovoltaic insert, the base tray configured for attachment to a building structure and configured to mechanically support the photovoltaic insert with respect to the building structure.