Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $1,581,459

Lifetime energy cost savings: $859,923

Net lifetime savings: $-721,536

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.5

Proposed max capacity: 2,478,515 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 45,230 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 406 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).