Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $2,965,236

Lifetime energy cost savings: $736,292

Net lifetime savings: $-2,228,944

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.2

Proposed max capacity: 4,783,919 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 78,769 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 709 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).