A system and method for managing maintenance and repair of a commercial building roof that creates an access event log each time a roof location is accessed and precipitation event log is created each time precipitation occurs at the roof location to narrow the search for access events possibly resulting in roof damage causing a roof leak. A centralized computing system accessible by remote computing devices at each rooftop location is accessed to create an access event log when personnel access the roof. The computing system collects weather data for each rooftop location based on the global position coordinates for the rooftop location. Upon discovery of a roof leak, a system query will identify access events occurring since the latest precipitation event after which no leaks were reported to identify a list of potential causes for the roof damage. The system and method may also be used to consolidate roof maintenance, inspection, and repair to improve asset management.

A building monitoring computer system for monitoring building integrity may be provided. Various types of sensors may be embedded throughout or within certain portions of different types of building or construction material making up the building, such as within roofing, foundation, or structural materials. The sensors may be in wireless communication with a home controller. The sensors may be water, moisture, temperature, vibration, or other types of sensors, and may detect unexpected or abnormal conditions within the home. The sensors and/or home controller may transmit alerts to a mobile device of the home owner associated with the unexpected condition, and/or that remedial actions may be required to repair the home or mitigate further damage to the home. The sensor data may also be communicated to an insurance provider remote server to facilitate the insurance provider communicating insurance-related recommendations, updating insurance policies, or preparing insurance claims for review for home owners.

A building monitoring computer system for monitoring building integrity may be provided. Various types of sensors may be embedded throughout or within certain portions of different types of building or construction material making up the building, such as within roofing, foundation, or structural materials. The sensors may be in wireless communication with a home controller. The sensors may be water, moisture, temperature, vibration, or other types of sensors, and may detect unexpected or abnormal conditions within the home. The sensors and/or home controller may transmit alerts to a mobile device of the home owner associated with the unexpected condition, and/or that remedial actions may be required to repair the home or mitigate further damage to the home. The sensor data may also be communicated to an insurance provider remote server to facilitate the insurance provider communicating insurance-related recommendations, updating insurance policies, or preparing insurance claims for review for home owners.

Gypsum panels, methods for their manufacture, and systems and methods for monitoring environmental conditions with such panels are provided herein. The panels include a gypsum core having a first surface and an opposed second surface, a first facer material associated with the first surface of the gypsum core, and an environmental sensor assembly associated with the gypsum panel and configured to detect an environmental condition of the gypsum panel and wirelessly communicate data on the environmental condition to a reader.

A method is provided for water leak detection that uses radio waves in which an antenna transmits a repeated pattern of radio waves that reflect from wet areas, antennas receive the reflected radio waves, signal analysis is done on the received radio waves to determine the location of the wet areas on an indoor map. Other systems and embodiments of the invention are described and shown.

A roof monitoring system for flat and low slope roofs having a membrane (10) applied over an underlying support structure or subroof (11) wherein air passing between the membrane and the subroof passes through a vent (1) having sensors (12) located therein to collect data.

The invention relates to a construction foil (16), especially roof film, roofing foil, flat roof sheeting, fa-cade sheeting and/or vapor barrier and/or sub-roofing sheeting, especially underlayment and/or sarking sheeting, with a single- or multilayer layer structure (17). It is provided according to the invention that at least one moisture sensor (1) for detecting moisture is associated to the construction foil (16), that the moisture sensor (1) is designed as an active pick-up, and that the moisture sensor (1) comprises at least one electrode (18) and/or a humidity sensing element, and the electrode (18) and/or the humidity sensing element is in direct contact with a nonwoven layer (19).

A sensor and system for monitoring integrity of a waterproofing system membrane. A geomembrane integrity monitoring system includes control means 18 and a plurality of sensors 20. The sensors 20 are electrically isolated from each other and in electrical communication to the control means 18. The sensors 20 have a sheet form.

A photovoltaic module installation roof renewal method for installing a photovoltaic module on a roof of a building constructed with a roof frame having a repetitively formed crest and root includes the steps of: interposing an insulator at the roots of the roof frame; producing a photovoltaic module installation roof panel in a length corresponding to the length of the roof at a roof renewal site by using a portable roll foaming machine to transport the photovoltaic module installation roof panel onto the roof; installing the photovoltaic module installation roof panel on the roof frame at which the insulator is interposed; fastening a bracket for installing a photovoltaic module on the photovoltaic module installation roof panel; and installing the photovoltaic module on the bracket.

A building monitoring computer system for monitoring building integrity may be provided. Various types of sensors may be embedded throughout or within certain portions of different types of building or construction material making up the building, such as within roofing, foundation, or structural materials. The sensors may be in wireless communication with a home controller. The sensors may be water, moisture, temperature, vibration, or other types of sensors, and may detect unexpected or abnormal conditions within the home. The sensors and/or home controller may transmit alerts to a mobile device of the home owner associated with the unexpected condition, and/or that remedial actions may be required to repair the home or mitigate further damage to the home. The sensor data may also be communicated to an insurance provider remote server to facilitate the insurance provider communicating insurance-related recommendations, updating insurance policies, or preparing insurance claims for review for home owners.