Modeled biomass pellet project

Capital cost: $34,553,781

Lifetime energy cost savings: $23,577,355

Net lifetime savings: $-10,976,426

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.7

Proposed max capacity: 63,120,204 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 3,148,131 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 18,768 tons of pellets

This component calculates the potential change in heating oil usage from the installation of new biomass pellet boilers in non-residential buildings (assumed to heat 30% of non-residential square footage).