Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $790,730

Lifetime energy cost savings: $178,905

Net lifetime savings: $-611,825

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.2

Proposed max capacity: 1,224,664 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 43,756 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 200 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).