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B3Architects has specified SAS International's System 600 acoustic lighting rafts throughout the Beaufort Park office centre in Chepstow. A pre-fabricated lighting and acoustic solution, the SAS International System 600 rafts allow for sustainable natural mass cooling by facilitating free air movement to the open soffit, in this case exposed concrete slabs. Wynne Harris, partner of Hoare Lea, the project's M&E consultant, commented: "The SAS System 600 rafts, by integrating lighting and acoustic comfort in one unit, mean capital and installation costs are reduced. This offers significant advantages in terms of modern methods of construction and allowing the exposed soffit to work efficiently with the displacement ventilation and nightime cooling strategy."