I recently chaired a panel presentation and discussion (on behalf of Recolight and the End Cat A Lighting Waste campaign) about the construction industry’s dirty secret: Cat A office waste. It was an event attended by a passionate gathering of developers, clients, designers, project managers and product reuse manufacturers at Hoare Lea’s offices in Kings Cross.

Category A (Cat A) is a term used in the commercial office sector to describe the level of specification delivered by developers and landlords in order to attract occupiers. Typically, the interior of an entire office building (whether it is 2,000 or 200,000+ sq ft) is fitted out with mechanical and electrical services, a raised floor and some form of metal suspended ceiling with integral light fittings to a generic open-plan layout.

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