HFTP North Texas Chapter Meeting

Thursday - April 20, 2023
All Members and Prospective Members are cordially invited!

Meeting Details

Presentation

Low Voltage DC power (PoE) and Class IV DC power (Digital Electricity) are evolving and can now power most of the devices in commercial buildings including ALL LED lighting, TVs, VRF AC, USB-C ports and even AC outlets. It is very quick to install and can save electrical inspections during construction thus saving time and money.

Farukh Aslam is the Chief Executive Officer of Sinclair Digital Services, Inc. a low voltage design & consulting company developing Digital DC-Microgrid Buildings.

Aslam has been in the telecom industry since starting a VOIP company in 1999 in Fort Worth and was a very early adopter of Cisco Call Manager, first enterprise VOIP office phone system. Also, in 2003 he started a Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) company in Pakistan when telecom was deregulated which was only the 3rd country in Asia to offer this technology and today has grown to over 2000 employees in several large cities. Using VOIP as a stepping stone, Aslam then began exploring more broadly the use of Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) in creating a DC building infrastructure. In 2019, Aslam successfully developed the Sinclair Marriott Autograph Hotel which is widely considered the most diverse PoE and DC Microgrid project in North America. From the completion of the Sinclair Hotel, Aslam created Sinclair Digital (SD) to bring expertise of the sustainability and cost benefits of a DC building infrastructure to the marketplace. Since its inception SD has been involved in several design build projects and continues to evolve DC infrastructure in buildings.

In March of 2023, Farukh was named a "Future 50 Inventive Innovator" by Dallas Innovates magazine.

Cost

Our standard monthly in-person fees will apply this month:

$45 - Members & Non-Members
$25 - First Time Attendees
$25 - Students

Please RSVP through Evite or directly to Angie Abston no later than Thursday, April 13, 2023 so we can get a guaranteed count for dinner.

PLEASE NOTE: All No Shows Will Be Billed.

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Attendee Pricing

Regular $45.00 USD First Time $25.00 USD Student $25.00 USD

Learning Objectives

1. Understand why we are at a "Tesla Moment" for buildings.
2. Understand how it is possible to have a DC Microgrid at most buildings with a large amount of stored energy onsite.
3. Learn about the huge Federal Energy Tax Credits for DC Microgrids in the “Inflation Reduction Act” and why building owners should take advantage of them.

CPE Information

Program Level: Basic
Pre-requisite Required: None
Advance Preparation Required: None
Delivery Method: Group Live
Recommended CPE Credit: 1.0
Recommended Field of Study: General Information

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