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A building like this is no longer an electrical design, but a

connected site where every device has an IP address.
The Sinclair hotel is used as a technology lab for further
testing of this technology.

Sinclair is working on doubling lumens capacity. They are
currently placing 12-14 lights (each ~800 lumens) on a
single 60-watt port; almost 10,000 lumens of light. They
are also future-testing 90-watt single ports that can hold
over 20 lights. With new lights capable of 1,000 lumens,
the capability is 20,000 lumens on a single port.

Using his commissioning experience at other Marriott
hotels, Aslam began to see PoE as a way to not only
improve lighting, but to change the paradigm of electrical
installations completely. He questioned why AC power is
used to power LED lights, and why an electrical contractor
was needed for low voltage device installation. He rea-
soned that if phone cabling did not require it, then plugging
an Ethernet cable into a PoE driver which had lights con-
nected should follow the same protocol.

The revelations continued as lighting opened up other
areas. Aslam anticipates that new projects will be entirely
PoE powered, and Sinclair is on a quest to eliminate 80% of
the electrical panels from the hotel. The system’s plug and
play simplicity will enable everything from operations to
guest services, including appliances, TVs, air conditioning
units, outlets, motorized window shades, mini bars, interac-
tive mirrors, door locks, guestroom hair dryers and irons.

The Connected Building and AI
A building like this is no longer an electrical design, but a
connected site where every device has an IP address. The between smoke from a fire and dust from construction.
Sinclair hotel is used as a technology lab for further testing Logic can be applied to prevent this scenario.
of this technology. The design team represents the chang-
ing face of the building industry, as they have morphed Aslam works closely with Intel, a company he says is
from traditional architects and engineers into certified on the cutting-edge of AI. Every guestroom contains
network engineers. Bluetooth sensors for occupancy detection, more accu-
rate than traditional PIR sensors. The network of Intel
With this level of connectivity, AI can be applied based on based systems gathers information to provide a great
the data. There are many applications, but one example guest experience. The hotel is also experimenting with
is fire alarms. It is estimated that over 90% are false; the location analytics with partners SAS, Intel, and Cisco.
systems are not intelligent and cannot properly distinguish Guests will not have to log on to Wi-Fi as long as their

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