Drive Electric Earth Month
Upper Valley Earth Week Open House
Lebanon, NH
Apr 26-Apr 27 2025
Upper Valley Earth Week Open House
Lebanon, NH
Apr 26-Apr 27 2025
| Days: | April 26-27, 2025 NOTE: this event has already happened. |
| Time: | 10:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT |
| Location: | Upper Valley of NH and VT Lebanon, NH |
Event Report
The Upper Valley Earth Week Open House welcomed visitors to 24 homes, 1 school, and 1 church to see and discuss the earth-friendly strategies used by homeowners to do less harm to their families, their communities, and the planet. Three hundred people registered to attend the Open House on Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and received access to the PDF guide to sites.
They brought their questions about solar power, electric vehicles, EV charging, heat pumps for heating and cooling, insulation, induction stoves, water heaters, electric bikes and lawn care tools, earth-friendly gardens, and much more! Sites covered 10 towns in our two-state area:
New Hampshire:
- Lebanon and West Lebanon (5 sites)
- Hanover (4 sites)
- Etna (2 sites)
- Enfield (1 site)
- Meriden (1 site)
Vermont:
- Norwich (5 sites)
- Thetford (2 sites)
- White River Junction (5 sites)
- Wilder (1 site)
Attendees sent gratitude after the Earth Week Open House. For example, one couple wrote:
"We wanted to thank you for all the hard work that you put in to organize this event. We visited three different places on Saturday and learned a great deal from each homeowner. We hope this will be an annual event!"
The Earth Week Open House was sponsored locally by the Lebanon Energy Advisory Committee and co-sponsored by the Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission, Sustainable Lebanon, Sustainable Hanover, Sustainable Woodstock, Vital Communities, 350 New Hampshire, and the New Hampshire Network.
Advertising revenue from the Open House guide and donations benefited the E-Bike Project, which aims to install the Upper Valley's first e-bike charging station. See more about the E-Bike Project here.
photo by: Sherry Boschert Mary Maxwell of Lebanon, N.H. inspects a Level 2 EV charger in a homeowner's garage at one of the 26 homes participating in the 2025 Upper Valley Earth Week Open House. |
Event Description
Come visit your neighbors at 24 homes, 1 school, and 1 church in the Upper Valley Earth Week Open House to see and discuss the earth-friendly strategies they're using to do less harm to their families, their communities, and the planet. Visitors will be welcomed both Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Register to attend before 9 p.m. on April 25 to receive an email giving access to the pdf guide to the Open House sites. The guide will be emailed once per week on Thursday or Friday to all registered attendees.
During the Open House, ask your questions about solar power, electric vehicles, heat pumps for heating and cooling, insulation, induction stoves, water heaters, electric bikes and lawn care tools, earth-friendly gardens, and much more! Get answers from the site hosts in the following communities:
New Hampshire:
- Lebanon and West Lebanon (5 sites)
- Hanover (4 sites)
- Etna (2 sites)
- Enfield (1 site)
- Meriden (1 site)
Vermont:
- Norwich (5 sites)
- Thetford (2 sites)
- White River Junction (5 sites)
- Wilder (1 site)
There is no one central site to this event as there would be at a conventional EV Expo, so the only EVs on display will be those owned by the site hosts, as listed in the pdf guide. Other participants who register on this website to attend the Earth Week Open House may list their EVs as part of registration; this is for informational purposes only and these EVs will not necessarily be displayed as part of the Open House.
The Earth Week Open House is sponsored by the Lebanon Energy Advisory Committee and co-sponsored by the Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission, Sustainable Lebanon, Sustainable Hanover, Sustainable Woodstock, Vital Communities, 350 New Hampshire, and the New Hampshire Network. Donations are welcome but not required and will benefit the E-Bike Project, which aims to install the Upper Valley's first e-bike charging station. Please make a tax-deductible donation here if you can.
Drive Electric Earth Month is presented nationally by Plug In America, Electric Vehicle Association, Sierra Club, EVHybridNoire, and Drive Electric USA.
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Registered Attendees
There are currently 291 attendees registered.
Registered attendees report 1,677,137 electric miles driven.
