 These
systems will provide enhanced protection to
structures so they will be more sustainable against severe and extreme
weather events, including hurricanes.
These systems will reduce the enormous economic, energy,
environmental and natural and/or man made resource losses which occur
during such weather events.
These systems will also provide for
the possibility of using thin-film solar technology as an
alternative energy source which is more cost effective to purchase,
easier to install and highly sustainable.
How:
With a patented method of
using industrial grade hook and loop
material (commonly referred to as Velcro®) to fasten roof coverings to a
structure and also to one another. This interconnects the entire roofing
system making these roofing systems much more sustainable
against all weather events ranging from nominal in scale upwards to
extreme events, including category 5 hurricanes.
   
    
Various scale views
of variations in the designs and configurations available with hook and
loop fastener materials.
These are just a few of the many
configurations currently available.
Other configurations could be developed
for specific use with this roofing technology.
We
will change the most predominant type of roofing from an asphalt base
material into a more environmentally friendly material and provide ease
of recyclability.
We will eliminate the use of nails and/or staples which penetrate the water
barrier providing thousands of areas of potential leaks. Leakage that
results in structural damage and insulation damage that is responsible for
significant reoccurring economic and energy losses annually.
We will
also reduce the install times
and labor costs of
these systems by up to 75%, making them more cost effective to install
on new structures or retrofit into existing structures.
Also by eliminating nails and/or staples it can make it easier to
implement flexible thin-film solar technologies.
A
PowerPoint Presentation Video of this technology is available for
download.
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