Can anyone tell me which is the best option for running an AGA. We are told that gas would be good but if the talk of fuels running out is true then maybe electricity is better. (We are wanting to be as green as possible) We are using an AGA in our renovation project because it will heat the house simply because we are keeping the AGA in the middle of the house and heating the water. In theory we will only need to add additional heating via a log burner or maybe on rare occasions the central heating.
Trouble is we want to be as green as possible and keep the bills down. We thought of wind, but have read the forum and well, maybe not. Have considered solar, but would that keep an AGA going? Oh and electric AGA's don't heat water so we would need to think of a solution there as well.
If anyone has any ideas we would ge grateful.
Nigel
posted on 30-10-06
Have you considered wood pellets?
You can have them in stoves or boilers for full central heating.
mark brinkley
posted on 30-10-06
There is no such thing as a green Aga. They have a Size 14 carbon footprint. You could run two Chelsea tractors and have half a dozen foreign holidays every year and you'd still be using less energy than an Aga.
Sandy H
posted on 30-10-06
What do you think of the wood burning Esse range cooker Mark? Is that a greener option? We are just trying to do the right thing.
mark brinkley
posted on 30-10-06
Well yes in theory if you run it on wood pellets or whatever, then you are not adding to general carbon misery. But then, if you heat with wood pellets, you can ignore everything else entirely. To me, that feels like cheating.
As Paul in Montreal keeps pointing out, the whole world can't run on wood pellets or we'd be back to the era of pea soupers. Or maybe that's benign global dimming.
As you can see, there isn't a simple answer to this one. Is there ever? But I think that any one tonne cast-iron range is an anathema to a low energy heating solution. Yes, they ARE lovely, but they use an enormous amount of fuel.
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