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Monadnock Clean Energy Fair
September 30, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Free
We are partnering with Peterborough Renewable Energy Project for a Clean Energy Fair for adults and families in the Monadnock Region! Learn about building audits, weatherization, electrification of home heating and cooling, electric vehicles (including e-bikes) and electric garden tools. We will offer workshops covering heat pumps and new federal incentives for home energy efficiency, electrification, and electric vehicles. Face-painting for kids!
Indoors you can meet with exhibitors from 17 businesses, non-profits and community groups – plus the organizers, MSH and PREP. The vendors offer building energy audits and weatherization, heating with heat pumps or wood products, and solar installations. Outside talk with a representative of Green Wave Electric Vehicles, our Gold sponsor, which sells exclusively pre-owned EVs, and a local vendor of electric yard and garden equipment – and see what both have brought!
Our non-profit and community groups share information and resources about NH Saves, accessory dwelling units (ADUs), and their work advocating for and creating a clean energy ecosystem in Peterborough, Keene and statewide.
At the Drive/Ride Electric out front, see 14+ different EVs – hatchbacks, sedans, SUVs and light trucks – and talk with their owners. Meet with Chief Brent Wilmot of the Claremont Police Department, showing off their Ford F-150 Lightning, used in patrols and for other police needs. There will be e-bikes, e- mowers and other e-tools on display by their owners, who can answer your questions. The younger kids can ride a small electric John Deere vehicle, and the older “kids” can test drive or ride some of the big EVs!
Fair schedule summary:
| Time | Event / Activity |
| 10am | Fair Starts |
| 11am | Drive/Ride Electric Expo starts |
| Face painting starts | |
| Workshop: Savings with Cold Climate Heat Pumps for Heating and Cooling (1hr) | |
| 12:05pm | EV Mini-talk: Incentives that cut your EV purchase price (a lot!) (10 min.) |
| 12:15pm | EV Mini-talk: Charging your EV (10 min.) |
| 12:30pm | Workshop: Rebates and discounts for your home energy upgrades (1hr) |
| 1pm | Face painting ends |
| 1:35pm | EV Mini-talk: EVs 101 (10 min.) |
| 1:50pm | EV Mini-talk: Long road trips with your EV (10 min.) |
| 2pm | Fair Ends |
Here is the full fair schedule with descriptions.
We are still accepting exhibitor sign-ups (through September 26)! Registration for businesses is $40, which is waived for nonprofits/community groups and sponsors of any level. To register or become a sponsor, please go to this registration page. To pay online, please go to the Monadnock Sustainability Hub donation page. Click on Make a donation or Become a sponsor, and in the Address line 2 line, indicate Energy Fair exhibitor or Energy Fair sponsor – as the case may be. To pay by check, make checks payable to MSH and send them to MSH, PO Box 209, Keene, NH 03431.
Please contact us if you’d like to discuss showing your electric vehicle, e-bike, e-tool, or being a food vendor. nhanke@monadnocksustainabilityhub.org
Thank you to our sponsors!!
Gold sponsor – Green Wave Electric Vehicles
Silver sponsors – Froling Energy, BlocPower
Bronze sponsors – Bergeron Mechanical Systems, Bill Wenzel Heating and Air-Conditioning