Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $1,383,777

Lifetime energy cost savings: $394,073

Net lifetime savings: $-989,704

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.3

Proposed max capacity: 2,178,673 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 68,871 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 357 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).