Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $12,058,627

Lifetime energy cost savings: $8,087,495

Net lifetime savings: $-3,971,133

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.7

Proposed max capacity: 19,923,978 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 604,047 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 3,258 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).