Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $790,730

Lifetime energy cost savings: $250,297

Net lifetime savings: $-540,433

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.3

Proposed max capacity: 1,314,684 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 46,760 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 215 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).