Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $790,730

Lifetime energy cost savings: $689,747

Net lifetime savings: $-100,983

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.9

Proposed max capacity: 1,293,179 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 20,633 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 192 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).