The Sinclair Hotel is a downtown Fort Worth landmark because of its architectural legacy. It also is gaining national recognition as a highly energy-efficient building.
For a hotel almost a century old, earning such recognition was complicated, said Sinclair Hotel owner Farukh Aslam. The work was supported by loan-funded projects through the Property Assessed Clean Energy program, or PACE, as it’s known.
The Sinclair Hotel was not designed with today’s technology, of course, making it prone to energy loss and costly utility bills, said Aslam…