"A recessed light or downlight is a light fixture that is installed into a hollow opening in a ceiling."
This type of lighting directs the light downwards, creating a warm and cozy atmosphere. It is often used in living rooms, dining rooms, or bedrooms, where people tend to relax.
Lighting Basics: Clear understanding of how lighting works, how it is perceived and the different types of lighting used.
Types of Lighting Sources: Overview of different types of lights and light sources available in the market.
Different Types of Luminaires: Understanding the variety of fixtures including recessed downlights, surface mounted downlights, track mounted downlights and all in one trimless lighting systems.
Downlighting Applications: Understanding when and where to use downlights in different types of architectural spaces.
Lighting Design Principles: Understanding principles such as colour temperature, colour rendering index, lumen output and beam angle and how they impact light distribution from downlights.
Lighting Layout and Placement Techniques: Important techniques for optimising lighting layout and placement, ranging from uniform distribution to creating dramatic effects.
Lighting Control: Understanding of lighting control methods such as dimming and different systems available.
Energy Efficiency: Awareness of energy efficiency methods and the use of low energy components to minimise energy wastage.
Lighting Codes and Standards: Awareness of local lighting codes and standards to be followed for installing and maintaining downlights.
Lighting Design Software: Use of lighting design software like DIALux, AGI32 and Relux for professional lighting design.
Trending lighting design methods: Understanding of trending lighting design methods for creating unique downlighting effects.
LED Lighting: Understanding of the importance of LED lighting and its impact on downlighting design.
Maintenance of downlight fixtures: Maintenance of the different types of downlight fixtures to ensure optimal performance.
Lighting Project Management: Understanding principles of project management skills for planning, installing and commissioning a downlighting project.
Budgeting: The process of calculating and planning a budget for a lighting project.
Recessed Downlights: This type of down lighting is installed into the ceiling and is designed to shine light downwards.
Pendant Downlights: These fixtures are hung from the ceiling and direct light downward.
Wall-washing Downlights: These fixtures cast light upon a wall or surface creating a soft, even, and warm glow.
Cove Lighting Downlights: This type of lighting is a technique designed to provide indirect lighting by concealing lighting fixtures in a cove, positioned in one direction or another, and often installed along the perimeter of a ceiling.
Track Lighting: A form of downlighting that utilizes adjustable tracks, installed or suspended from the ceiling at various angles, to illuminate a variety of spaces.
Recessed Multiple Downlights: These lights are similar to recessed downlights, however, these fixtures may contain multiple light sources or beams which can be adjusted to highlight various areas of a room.
Flush Mount Downlights: These lights mount flush to the ceiling to create a clean, even, and seamless lighting effect.
Surface Mount Downlights: This type of downlighting attaches directly to a ceiling or wall and is great for creating strong, directional beams of light.
Spotlighting Downlights: These lighting fixtures help to increase the intensity of light shining onto a specific point or area.
Canister Downlights: This style of downlighting is typically recessed in the ceiling and features a simple, understated design.
"Pot light in Canadian English, sometimes can light (for canister light) in American English."
"When installed it appears to have light shining from a hole in the ceiling, concentrating the light in a downward direction."
"A broad floodlight or narrow spotlight."
"Pot light" or "canister light" implies the hole is circular and the lighting fixture is cylindrical, like a pot or canister."
"There are three parts to a recessed lighting fixture: housing, trim, and bulb."
"The trim is the visible portion of the light. It is the insert that is seen when looking up into the fixture, and also includes the thin lining around the edge of the light."
"The housing is the fixture itself that is installed inside the ceiling."
"The housing contains the lamp holder."
"The amount of heat generated by the bulb is a unique consideration."
"A recessed light or downlight is a light fixture that is installed into a hollow opening in a ceiling."
"The trim is the visible portion of the light""
"When installed it appears to have light shining from a hole in the ceiling."
"When installed it appears to have light shining from a hole in the ceiling, concentrating the light in a downward direction as a broad floodlight or narrow spotlight."
"It implies the hole is circular and the lighting fixture is cylindrical, like a pot or canister."
"There are three parts to a recessed lighting fixture: housing, trim, and bulb."
"The housing is the fixture itself that is installed inside the ceiling."
"The housing contains the lamp holder."
"There are many different types of bulbs that can be inserted into recessed lighting fixtures."
"The amount of heat generated by the bulb is a unique consideration."