Modeled biomass cordwood project

Capital cost: $5,337,425

Lifetime energy cost savings: $3,626,299

Net lifetime savings: $-1,711,126

Benefit-cost ratio: 0.7

Proposed max capacity: 8,930,991 mmbtu/hr

Area heated: 263,387 sqft

Fuel consumed per year: 1,461 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).