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Mastertrade are currently open for business and operating with new procedures. We have staff working from home and a small team isolated in their own offices, and a single. Person picking & packing alone.

Ceilings of rooms and circulation spaces (but not including protected stairways) may incorporate thermoplastic lighting diffusers if ALL of the following provisions are observed:

a. The surfaces of the void space above the suspended ceiling comply with the general provisions that apply to the space below the suspended ceiling
b. TP(a) diffusers can be used without restriction
c. TP(b) diffusers are restricted as detailed below.

UGR stands for unified glare index. It’s a numerical way of defining how bright a luminaire appears in-situ and it goes back to the earliest editions of lighting codes for interior lighting – office lighting, in particular.