Sustainability's Not Just a Fad...

Frank Deshaies, Onset Computer Corporation

02/03/2009

Name: Frank Deshaies
Business: Onset Computer Corporation
Position: Product Marketing Manager
NESEA member since: 2008
Website: www.onsetcomp.com

Business description: Design and manufacture of data loggers.

How do you define sustainability?
Making the most efficient use of our natural resources.

What project are you most proud of?
Our company's Energy Star Partner energy reduction program.

What energy advice do you have for the new president?
Do the opposite of his predecessor (but I think he knows that).

What promising technology would you like to know more about?
Improvements in solar cell efficiency.

What's the public's biggest misunderstanding regarding sustainable energy systems?
That it's only an expensive fad.

What prompted you to join NESEA?
Community support of local chapter (who are doing an outstanding job).

What's the most irritating example of "greenwashing" you can think of?
A tie between General Motor's ads and the coal industry's propaganda.