Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $395,365

Lifetime energy cost savings: $233,636

Net lifetime savings: $-161,729

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.6

Proposed max capacity: 666,595 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 18,973 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 116 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).