Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $7,511,932

Lifetime energy cost savings: $-5,455,951

Net lifetime savings: $-12,967,882

Benefit-cost ratio: -0.7

Proposed max capacity: 12,500,320 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 296,795 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 2,098 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).