Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $2,965,236

Lifetime energy cost savings: $2,784,081

Net lifetime savings: $-181,156

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.9

Proposed max capacity: 4,784,496 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 144,294 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 907 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).