Category Archives: 5″

Recessed lighting has come a long way since it was first introduced in the 1930s by lighting pioneer Ivan Kirlin of The Kirlin Company, in Detroit Michigan.  Initially they were used in factories over work stations as superior task lighting.  Not until Cooper Lighting’s Halo Light division included recessed lights in their mid-1970s catalogues did recessed lights gain popularity as residential lighting.  Back then all recessed lights were based upon a 6″…