Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $790,730

Lifetime energy cost savings: $279,460

Net lifetime savings: $-511,270

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.4

Proposed max capacity: 1,344,269 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 39,502 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 233 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).