Ray Wolfe is the Owner of Winsulator Technologies, bringing decades of experience in sales, marketing, and building customer-focused solutions in the home improvement industry. Ray leads the team behind our industry-leading energy efficient window inserts — interior panels designed to reduce heat loss, eliminate drafts, and lower energy bills without full window replacement.
With a strong background in product strategy and market development, Ray has dedicated his career to helping homeowners improve comfort and extend the life of their existing windows. He has a deep understanding of window performance, insulation technologies including R-value and U-factor ratings, and what homeowners actually need.
Under Ray’s leadership, Winsulator Technologies continues to grow as a trusted provider of innovative interior storm window inserts — giving homeowners a cost-effective alternative to replacement windows without sacrificing performance or appearance. Updated in 2026, our product line now covers custom sizing, historic window preservation, and applications for both single-pane and double-pane windows.
Ray Wolfe is the Owner of Winsulator Technologies, bringing decades of experience in sales, marketing, and building customer-focused solutions within the home improvement and energy-efficiency industries. With a strong background in product strategy and market development, Ray has dedicated his career to helping homeowners improve comfort, reduce energy costs, and extend the life of their existing windows.
Prior to leading Winsulator Technologies, he held senior leadership roles in sales and marketing, where he developed a deep understanding of window performance, insulation technologies, and consumer needs.
Under Ray’s leadership, Winsulator Technologies continues to grow as a trusted provider of innovative interior storm window solutions — offering homeowners a cost-effective alternative to full window replacement without compromising performance or appearance.
Ray is passionate about quality, transparency, and long-term value, and remains committed to delivering products that make homes more efficient, comfortable, and sustainable.
The highlight of Ed's career was his relationship with NASA. As a participant in the (TOP) Technology Outreach Program, NASA got their engineers involved to see how well The Winsulator held up to scientific testing. They submitted the Winsulator System for testing and analysis to the world-renowned Oakridge National Laboratories. The results were beyond impressive!
All of this with a 2.3 year payback. This was the data Winsulator needed to take things to the next level.
Florida’s Heat used to overwhelm NASA officials on the fourth floor of the Kennedy Space Center’s Headquarters. From the elevator, through the hallways, around the building, even into the center director’s private conference room: no windowed room was immune. At only 12 feet by 30 feet, the conference room was insufferable.
When the doors were closed and conferences were in session, the Space Center’s most powerful officials smothered. Standing by the elevators, NASA Public Affairs Specialist Manny Virita looks toward the adjacent windows and remembers how it used to be. There was a phone in the hallway, he recalls, but the heat made it too unbearable to make a call.
“No matter how high you turned up the air conditioner, the heat (from the windows) would just warm the air,” Virita says.
Not anymore. In 1995, NASA found a solution: The Winsulator system cut temperatures through the windows by 30 degrees. Their sales across the nation are a testament to the Winsulator’s performance, the same product Ed Vervane sold to NASA.
Winsulator’s energy efficient window inserts are built to solve the problems that standard windows — especially older single-pane windows — simply can’t handle on their own. Here’s what sets our window insert panels apart:
Winsulator panels improve efficiency without the cost of replacements. Our patented system delivers 8X the insulating power of a single pane.
Winsulator’s sound-control panels block noise before it enters your home. Enjoy quieter rooms with up to 70% reduction through existing windows.
Winsulator preserves beauty and character without window removal. Increase efficiency while keeping the original design fully intact.
In the early 1980’s, the Plaskolite Company created the Winsulator system to help reduce energy usage in homes. In 1990, Ed was selling home improvement solutions in his home state of Michigan and the company he was working for was a local authorized Winsulator dealer. Ed instantly fell in love with the Winsulator. Never had he seen a product that had such impressive results, it basically sold itself.
Ed helped people all over Michigan make their homes more comfortable and save energy with the Winsulator. But Ed’s true heart was in Florida where his parents had gone to retire. Ed picked up and followed his mother and father to Sarasota. Not long after his arrival in Florida, Ed noticed that all the windows in Florida had the same problems as the windows in Michigan! They were poor at insulating against the outside temperatures, and they let in a ton of noise.
Ed reached out to the owner of Plaskolite and asked if he had a dealer in Florida. Ed was surprised to hear he did not. Ed knew that The Winsulator was a no brainer and decided to invest in a dealership.
Ed was on a mission, and it didn’t take long for people to take notice. Before you knew it, Ed was installing 1500 Winsulators for the United States Navy! And it didn’t stop there. Over the next couple of years, Ed and his team installed The Winsulator in hundreds of high-profile government buildings, schools, libraries, hotels, and historic properties. Ed also made several innovative engineering changes to the original design that were tested and approved by NASA engineers. He did this to improve the performance and sustainability of working in hot, humid climates, as well as cold climates.
Eventually Plaskolite decided to focus its attention on other areas of its business and offered to sell Ed the exclusive rights to the Winsulator design and manufacturing worldwide! This opportunity was directly tied to Ed’s passion for the business and his ability to put The Winsulator on the national map.
Since then, Ed has been faithfully serving his clients across the country and abroad. Now retired, Ed serves as a Special Consultant for Winsulator-Technologies and resides in Sarasota with his lovely bride.
Energy efficient window inserts are interior panels — made from acrylic, polycarbonate, or low-e glass — that press or snap into an existing window frame. They create an insulating air gap that reduces heat loss, eliminates drafts, and lowers energy bills. Unlike full window replacement, window insulation inserts install from the inside without any construction work.
Yes. Independent testing at Oak Ridge National Laboratories confirmed that Winsulator’s energy efficient window inserts reduce energy usage by up to 29% and cut temperatures through windows by up to 30 degrees. They significantly reduce your HVAC load, especially on older single-pane windows that have poor R-value ratings.
Acoustic window inserts — a type of noise reducing window inserts — are highly effective, but they do require proper fit to work well. An ill-fitting panel won’t create a complete compression seal, which reduces both sound and thermal performance. That’s why Winsulator offers custom window inserts measured to your exact frame dimensions.
Window inserts cost a fraction of full replacement and can be installed in minutes with no construction disruption. A window insert vs replacement windows comparison typically shows inserts delivering 80–90% of the energy savings at 20–30% of the cost. For historic homes or rental properties, energy efficient window inserts are often the smarter long-term investment.
