Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $988,412

Lifetime energy cost savings: $-716,671

Net lifetime savings: $-1,705,083

Benefit-cost ratio: -0.7

Proposed max capacity: 1,641,930 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 36,031 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 276 cords

This component calculates the potential change in heating oil usage from the installation of new cordwood boilers in non-residential buildings (assumed to heat 30% of non-residential square footage).