Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $6,523,520

Lifetime energy cost savings: $4,163,603

Net lifetime savings: $-2,359,916

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.6

Proposed max capacity: 10,589,890 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 317,706 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 1,732 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).