Energy efficient recessed lighting fixture

A lighting installation for use with a compact fluorescent springlamp and a standard housing having a pair of clamps extending inward on a housing cavity, comprising:

• an electronic ballast fixed to a fluorescent light socket having receptacles and locking tabs, the socket detachably attached to a reflector having a parabolic body with a focal point, a first opening with notched slots and a second opening, and a pair of spring biased arms pivotally fixed on opposite sides of a reflector surface, said installation formed by the steps of snap locking the socket in the reflector first opening with placement of the locking tabs in the notched slots, inserting a compact laterally twisted fluorescent springlamp having two tubular ends mated to a lamp base with retaining tabs and pins through the second opening and into the socket to mate the retaining tabs with said locking tabs, insert said pins in respective receptacles, and position the springlamp at the focal point, inserting each pair of spring arms into each of the housing clamps and pushing the reflector upward into the housing cavity, whereby energizing the springlamp produces a columnar light beam of maximum intensity per energy unit consumed.