District Energy & Thermal Network Equipment worked example

Quote Margin with quoted selling price of 63 $: a worked example in district energy & thermal network equipment

Suppose quoted selling price falls to 63 $. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Check quoted margin for district energy equipment, ETS skids, pipe networks, controls, thermal storage, field installation, or central utility plant scopes before proposal release.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Quoted selling price: 63 $ (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 125)
  • Estimated quote cost: 100 $ (held at the documented default)
  • Reference quote revenue: 100 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Quote gross margin dollars = quoted selling price - estimated quote cost.
  • Quote margin works out to -37 % at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Quote gross margin dollars works out to -37 value at these inputs.
  • Quoted selling price works out to 63 value at these inputs.
  • Estimated quote cost works out to 100 value at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where quoted selling price sits at 125 $ and the headline result is 25 %, this scenario comes in 248% below the baseline at -37 %.
  • It computes gross margin as quoted price minus estimated cost, divided by a reference revenue figure, expressed as a percentage. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Quote margin: -37 % (headline result)
  • Quote gross margin dollars: -37 value
  • Quoted selling price: 63 value
  • Estimated quote cost: 100 value

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Quote Margin calculator, set quoted selling price to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.