The recessed downlight plays an important role in the lighting design of retail stores. It can provide uniform basic lighting, enhance the visual appeal of goods and enhance the overall beauty and sense of class of the store.
Whether you are a lighting designer or a user preparing to renovate your own store, this blog will teach you how to choose the most suitable recessed downlight for your retail store, creating a comfortable and warm shopping atmosphere for your retail store, so as to increase the desire of customers to buy.
1. what is recessed downlight?
The main feature of the recessed downlight is that the luminaire is completely recessed into the ceiling or other building structure, so that the luminaire and the ceiling are integrated. This installation not only saves space, but also makes the lighting space look cleaner.
The embedded downlight can be customized according to different lighting needs and environments, including light source color, brightness, beam Angle and other parameters can be adjusted. This makes the embedded downlight can be widely used in home, commercial, office, hotel and other places to meet the lighting needs of different scenes.
2. Type of recessed downlight
2.1. Traditional Recessed Downlight Housing
The traditional recessed downlight housing needs to be installed on the lamp to become the lighting device, the commonly used lamps is MR16 (including GU10 and GU5.3), E27, AR111, etc., usually we are also called GU10 recessed downlight, E27 recessed downlight or AR111 recessed downlight. Because the interface for installing the lamps is standardized, it is very convenient to maintain and replace the lamp.
Most of the lamps used in traditional recessed downlight are incandescent lamps, energy-saving lamps or gold halide lamps, relative to LED products, these lamps have low luminous efficiency and relatively large power consumption. Such products are being phased out for use in new projects.
2.2. General Recessed Downlight
The general recessed downlight (also known as basic recessed downlight) is a lighting device that achieves uniform light distribution and forms soft light through the light guide panel. The beam angle of the general recessed downlight is relatively large, which can provide uniform brightness for the space. It is suitable for stores, libraries, offices, retail stores and other places requiring high brightness lighting to ensure uniform light distribution and reduce visual fatigue.
2.3. Anti-glare Recessed Downlight
The main function of anti-glare recessed downlight is to reduce glare. Through the use of special design in the structure of the luminaire, such as the use of anti-glare lenses or reflective structures, to reduce the glare phenomenon caused by direct light irradiation of the human eye. Suitable for families, shopping malls, restaurants, retail stores and other places, especially the need for long-term lighting and high visual comfort requirements of the area.
3. Installation method of recessed downlight
3.1. Narrow Trim
The narrow trim methods include spring type and blade type.
Spring installation is a more common type of recessed downlight at present, and it is also the most favorite of installation workers. However, this way also has the disadvantage that the trim is difficult to make more narrow, resulting in the recessed downlight installed on the ceiling and the rear ceiling is not clean enough.
The main function of the blade type installation is to make the trim more narrow, and the blade type installation relies on the metal blade to squeeze the ceiling to fix the downlight.
3.2. Trimless
The trimless recessed downlight is made by fixing the downlight frame and the ceiling together in advance, and then fixing the downlight body to the downlight frame, so that the frame of the downlight is completely invisible on the ceiling. Make the downlight truly integrated with the ceiling, so that the entire lighting space looks very clean.
4. How to choose recessed downlight in different areas of retail stores
4.1. Show window
It is recommended to choose the color temperature of 3000 or 4000K, and the luminous beam angle of 15 degrees, 24 degrees or 36 degrees, to create a warm and comfortable atmosphere, and attract customers to enter the store and pay attention to the products on display.
4.2. Display area
This area needs to focus on the display of goods, such as jewelry, watches, etc., it is recommended to use 90CRI or 95CRI high color rendering recessed downlight to restore the true color and texture of the goods.
4.3. High shelf area
In this area, it is recommended to select recessed downlights with higher color temperatures, such as 4000K, 5000K, 6000K and 6500K color temperatures, to improve the lighting of the shelf area and make the goods more clearly visible.
4.4. Rest area
In this area, it is recommended to choose the recessed downlight with better anti-glare effect, and the color temperature is recommended to 2700K, 3000K, 3500K and 4000K, which can create a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere, so that customers can feel more comfortable when resting or negotiating.
4.5. Aisle area
The aisle is the main area of customer flow, and it is necessary to ensure sufficient lighting brightness so that customers can clearly see the whole picture of the store and the products. In this area, it is recommended to select recessed downlight with a larger beam angle, such as 55 degrees, 90 degrees or 100 degrees, and need to be evenly distributed above the aisle .
5. Steps for selecting recessed downlight
5.1. Step 1: Select the type of recessed downlight
Depending on the effect of the space used, choose basic downlight or anti-glare downlight, here you can listen to the advice of the lighting designer. In addition, the efficiency of the basic downlight is relatively high, and the basic downlight is recommended first if you consider energy saving.
Although the efficiency of anti-glare downlight is lower than that of basic downlight, the anti-glare effect will be better, and the space will be more comfortable.
5.2. Step 2: Select the installation method
When we choose the installation method of the recessed downlight, we should pay attention to the construction cost of the trimless installation method is relatively high, taking into account the installation cost, most users will choose the narrow trim downlight with the installation method.
5.3. Step 3: Select the right Power and Cut-out
The power of the recessed downlight will affect the Cut-out of the recessed downlight. In general, the greater the power of the recessed downlight, the greater the Cut-out, the following data for your reference.
| Recessed Downlight | Cut-out | Power |
| 2.5 inch Downlight | Φ70-90mm | 6W-12W |
| 3.5 inch Downlight | Φ90-100mm | 10W-15W |
| 4 inch Downlight | Φ100-125mm | 15W-20W |
| 5 inch Downlight | Φ125-150mm | 20W-25W |
| 6 inch Downlight | Φ150-175mm | 25W-35W |
| 8 inch Downlight | Φ175-215mm | 35W-50W |
5.4. Step 4: Choose the right Beam Angle
Choosing the right beam angle can make the store space more layered, such as the need for key lighting places to choose a beam angle of 15 degrees, 24 degrees or 36 degrees, for only the need for basic lighting places to choose a beam angle of 55 degrees, 90 degrees or 100 degrees.
5.5. Step 5: Choose the right CCT and CRI
Choosing the right color temperature and CRI can make the store space more textured, such as the basic lighting area can choose 80CRI or 90CRI, the accent lighting area can choose 90CRI or 95CRI. The choice of color temperature is generally 2700K, 3000K, 3500K, 4000K, 5000K, 6000K and 6500K, according to the style of your store can choose the above general color temperature, here you can consult your lighting designer.
5.6. Step 6: Pay attention to the Certification
Recessed downlight need to choose to meet local certification, such as the Europe needs to choose CE certified products, and for the store, it is necessary to choose a flicker free drive, so that customers will not flicker when taking photos or recording videos in the store.
5.7. Step 7: Select warranty for recessed downlight
When you buy recessed downlight, you must pay attention to the warranty time to avoid disputes after sale. The warranty time of the general recessed downlight is 2 years, 3 years and 5 years, of course, the longer the warranty time, the unit price of the recessed downlight will also increase, but considering the higher labor cost of replacing the recessed downlight, it is recommended to use a 5-year warranty recessed downlight.
Of course, in addition to considering the above factors, it is also necessary to pay attention to the height of the recessed downlight to avoid the installation space is narrow and cannot be installed.
6. Conclusion
Choosing the right recessed downlight in a retail store is very important. It can help your retail store to create a comfortable and warm shopping environment, enhance customers’ desire to buy, and improve the sales performance of the store.
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