Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $6,128,155

Lifetime energy cost savings: $5,466,516

Net lifetime savings: $-661,638

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.9

Proposed max capacity: 9,946,346 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 155,185 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 1,467 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).