Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $1,186,094

Lifetime energy cost savings: $-824,357

Net lifetime savings: $-2,010,451

Benefit-cost ratio: -0.7

Proposed max capacity: 1,877,746 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 52,635 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 315 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).