Renovation of a historical building : Hotel Agricola

The purpose of this thesis was to study the feasibility of renovating a historical building to a hotel. The energy renovation and strategies of turning an old building into a modern one were studied. The advantage of repurposing a building can be felt at the building level in terms of indoor environment comfort and aesthetics as well as job creation, and decreased carbon foot print on the environment. To answer the main question of the project, how to change the purpose of the building, a literature review was carried out. Various published articles and books on renovation topics were studied. The findings were verified with simulation software, such as IDA ICE. Furthermore, some people in the field of historical buildings were interviewed. Through the analysis of the data from the simulation of the building and through the calculation of the payback time, the project established that it is possible to change the purpose of the building in question to a four star hotel. Therefore it is recommended that this aesthetically pleasing historical building is transformed into a hotel