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Why do CFLs use less energy than incandescent bulbs?

April 26, 2017bulbs CFLs energy incandescent

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Why do CFLs use less energy than incandescent bulbs?

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Fluorescent technology is much more efficient at converting energy to light. Standard incandescent bulbs, which have been produced the same way using the same materials for more than 100 years, waste 90% of their energy by producing heat, not light.