| Recessed lights are usually used by architects and | | | | lights are installed in areas that not many people |
| interior designers in rooms where the residents | | | | see anyway, and so cannot be appreciated.) Thus |
| aim for a relaxed and soothing lighting effect. | | | | it is important the cost to install can lights and to |
| Recessed lighting is considered preferable to the | | | | maintain them, to be able to justify their usage. |
| use of multiple standing and side table lamps | | | | If you are faced with a complicated can lighting |
| based on the mood they can induce in the | | | | installation procedure, you may need the |
| occupant of the room. You will discover why | | | | assistance of a professional lighting engineer who |
| interior designers are using recessed lighting when | | | | will guide the installation team in how to install can |
| you enter a room that has recessed lights in | | | | lighting. The lighting engineer should not only know |
| them - to see is to believe, as they say. | | | | how to install can lighting, he should be able to |
| The experts may recommend that you have | | | | assess where the can lighting is really needed, and |
| recessed lights installed in your hallways and/or | | | | how many can lights should be placed in different |
| kitchen, to get the best use out of this form of | | | | parts of the structure. If occupants later develop |
| lighting. Recessed lights are installed in the form of | | | | health problems like headaches, or high blood |
| canister lights that will fit the holes in the ceiling | | | | pressure perhaps, that may be caused by |
| they were fitted for. You will probably need an | | | | over-illumination of the interiors of the building, you |
| experienced electrician to guide the installation | | | | should wonder whether the lighting engineer knew |
| team in the installation of your recessed lighting, | | | | how to install can lighting properly in the first |
| so that the finished work results with the | | | | place, rather than ask why interior designers are |
| recessed lights being set flush with the ceiling | | | | using recessed lighting nowadays. |
| structure without compromising safety. | | | | If you are in doubt as to the specifications to be |
| In the US, recessed lights may be known by | | | | used for your recessed lighting or can lights, you |
| other names, namely "can lights" or perhaps as | | | | may consult The Illuminating Engineering Society |
| "high hats", while in Canada recessed lights are | | | | of North America (also called IESNA) which sets |
| dubbed "pot lights" instead. | | | | the photometric standards for lighting equipment |
| Replacing old light fixtures with new can lights | | | | for manufacturers. This photometric data will |
| requires thorough computation of the total energy | | | | show you how much light is distributed exactly by |
| that will be used by the can lights everyday | | | | a certain form of lighting. This data should guide |
| compared to the energy consumption of the old | | | | your lighting engineer as to the right type of |
| light fixtures. One problem with many structures | | | | recessed lighting and their specifications when |
| is over-illumination that results in soaring electricity | | | | mapping out the can lighting installation procedure |
| bills (with the problem made worse when can | | | | for you and the contractor. |