Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $790,730

Lifetime energy cost savings: $407,898

Net lifetime savings: $-382,832

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.5

Proposed max capacity: 1,415,094 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 39,276 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 238 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).