Ventilating Roofing System

Description The ventilating roofing system comprises a plurality of modular vent tile units capable of being connected together in generally overlapping patterns. The ventilating roofing system is capable of conforming to a wide variety of roof shapes and to serve as a protective barrier for sloped roofs of buildings. The vent tile units may be formed from a variety of materials including concrete, fiber-reinforced concrete, glass, plastics, and structural composites. The vent tile units are secured to the underlying roof deck with selectably-¬detachable fasteners, allowing ease of assembly and disassembly of the ventilating roofing system. The vent tile units have internal vent channels, and may incorporate a thermal break situated between the upper and lower portions of the vent tile. The tile units may be set in an overlapping shingle configuration and provide in such configuration a series of contiguous interconnecting vent channels that begin at the lowermost portion of the roof and end at the uppermost portion of the roof. The series of vent channels form a passive ventilation system within the tiles and throughout the ventilating roofing system, thus reducing the temperature of the tiles and decreasing the conductance of heat into the underlying conditioned building space. Applications Capable of conforming to a wide variety of roof shapes Buildings and homes Main Advantages Ability to form larger tile units which speeds installation time, reduces unit weight, and reduces the need for additional roof structure strength Tile units may be formed of a variety of materials, including concrete, fiber-reinforced concrete, glass, plastics, and structural composites This roofing system is capable of conforming to a wide variety of roof shapes and to serve as a protective barrier for sloped roofs of buildings A passive ventilation system can be formed within the tiles and throughout the ventilating roofing system, thus reducing the temperature of the tiles and decreasing the conductance of heat into the underlying conditioned building space.

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