Shows
Smarter Homes & BuildingsBridging Policy and Innovation: Energy Efficiency in Window and Door Automation with AERCIn this special co-branded episode of the ASHB Smarter Homes & Buildings Podcast and the Political Shadings Podcast, the discussion centers on innovations in window and door automation. The episode features Ralph Vasami, Executive Director of the Attachments Energy Ratings Council (AERC), who discusses AERC's role in developing energy performance ratings for window attachments, the significance of building codes, and the advancements in automated shading technology. Ralph elaborates on AERC's recent efforts on Capitol Hill to secure funding for energy efficiency projects and highlights the importance of AERC’s new status as a 501(c)(3) public interest organization. This episode offers va...
2024-07-1637 min
Political ShadingsAERC Part Deux: Cobranded Episode with The Association for Smart Homes and Buildings (ASHB)This episode of Political Shadings is cobranded with the Association of Smart Home and Buildings (ASHB) podcast. John and Andrew sit down with Ralph Vasami, to update the listeners on what is new at the Attachments Energy Ratings Council (AERC) since they last spoke several weeks ago.The ASHB podcast can be found at: https://www.ashb.com/ashb-podcast/
2024-07-0937 min
Political ShadingsThe Attachments Energy Ratings Council (AERC)…current and future effortsSo after a discussion of, yet again, STILL MORE dysfunction in Congress, and what their current efforts entail, John and Andrew sit down with Ralph Vasami, the Executive Director of the The Attachments Energy Ratings Council (AERC) to chat about the public interest organization's current and future efforts, amidst their annual meeting and Hill visit this week in DC...
2024-05-211h 07
Building Texas BusinessEp025: Preserving Culture in Tough Times with Ralph VasamiOn the latest episode of the Building Texas Business podcast, we're speaking with Ralph Vasami, CEO of Universal Weather and Aviation, headquartered here in Houston, Texas.
Ralph has a unique and inspiring story. He started at Universal Weather and Aviation as a high school intern in their meteorology department, rising to the position of CEO in 2007, a role he still holds today.
Ralph credits being a lifelong learner and staying curious as two of the qualities among many that have helped him lead Universal for the past 15 years. In our conversation, he details how he...
2022-03-2333 min