Two sets of ceiling rafts incorporating luminaires – both barely used – are being offered to industry professionals in a pioneering reuse initiative.
The lights are the fruit of a pilot project from the fit-out industry’s representative body, Finishes and Interiors Sector, designed to reduce the environmental impact of the sector and to cut embodied carbon emissions and waste from strip-out projects.
The products on offer mostly come from Cat A office fit-outs which have been stripped out when the tenants moved in.
The first raft, pictured, is based on the SAS 300 ceiling system with 1499 x 300mm panels with a 5149 perforation, powder coated to RAL 9010 and fitted with a Class A acoustic pad. There are 600 available, worth £40,000.
They have been obtained from a Cat A fit-out and are currently in storage.
The second set of rafts is based on a SAS 600 ceiling with 1200 x 300mm panels with an OB23 perforation and an acoustic pad. There are 80 infill panels and 32 end tiles.
The integrated luminaires are Fagerhult LED luminaires with a DALI driver and delta diffuser. There are 15 lights and 15 emergency versions. The casing only works with this ceiling system which is why the ceiling rafts and lights are being offered as a package. The rafts – which have been in a Cat A space for six months – are worth £8,000 but are offered to a recipient for around 50 per cent of ‘new equivalent’ cost.
‘I’m really excited about this project,’ FIS chief Iain Mcilwee told the Circular Lighting Report. ‘We talk a lot about circularity, but sometimes I worry the hot air is contributing to climate change! This is a concerted effort to actually do something material, to learn as a collective and start, I hope, to catalyse change.
‘We simply can’t carry on generating waste like we do – urban mining, reuse and circular thinking is essential in this.’
• If you are interested in these ceiling rafts, contact the Reuse Initiative Working Group at [email protected]
• Learn more about sustainable lighting at Circular Lighting Live 2026, Recolight’s flagship conference and exhibition, which takes place on Thursday 8 October 2026 at the Minster Building in the City of London. Free to specifiers, Circular Lighting Live 2026 will feature leading experts, specifiers and policy makers who will share their insights into forthcoming standards and legislation, emerging technologies and new business models. Search ‘Circular Lighting Live’
