Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $8,104,979

Lifetime energy cost savings: $1,935,467

Net lifetime savings: $-6,169,512

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.2

Proposed max capacity: 13,313,944 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 309,109 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 1,869 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).