Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $790,730

Lifetime energy cost savings: $539,952

Net lifetime savings: $-250,778

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.7

Proposed max capacity: 1,237,717 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 18,145 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 183 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).