Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $395,365

Lifetime energy cost savings: $174,967

Net lifetime savings: $-220,397

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.4

Proposed max capacity: 786,977 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 25,242 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 132 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).