Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $395,365

Lifetime energy cost savings: $144,206

Net lifetime savings: $-251,159

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.4

Proposed max capacity: 714,532 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 23,286 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 120 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).