Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $790,730

Lifetime energy cost savings: $467,469

Net lifetime savings: $-323,261

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.6

Proposed max capacity: 1,191,224 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 32,365 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 195 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).