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Behind the scenes at the world's first all-digital hotel
Why should I care?


Love art deco and cutting-edge technology? 

From the podcast room in The Sinclair Hotel in Downtown Fort Worth, meet Farukh Aslam. This engineer turned hospitality leader is changing hotels by using low voltage power over ethernet, making The Sinclair 30% more efficient than other hotels. He is using smart sensors and dc powered LED lighting to reduce electricity usage in this century old art deco building. But The Sinclair is only the beginning, Aslam wants to take the technologies he's developed here in Fort Worth to the world.

Click the icon on your left to view the short video or access the full podcast at https://www.unthsc.edu/innovate-fort-worth/episode-29-farukh-aslam/